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World War One - Roll of Honour

Private

Alfred Sidney Prebble

Born:

1888  Hastingleigh

Service No.

1488

Regiment(s)

Australian Imperial Forces
34th Battalion rank of Private 24 Mar 1916

Military Notes:

Enlisted Victoria Barracks, Casula, New South Wales, Australia on 30 Dec 1915. Next of Kin: father Stephen Prebble of Folly Town, Hastingleigh.

Description: Height 5 ft 7.5in, weight 154lbs, brown eyes, black hair, religion=CofE

Sailed from Sydney to Plymouth 2nd May 1916
Served in France.
19 Oct 1917 returned to Australia Port Lyttleton with myalgia and defective hearing, and on
23 Jan 1918 was discharged from Australian Imperial Force.
Awarded 1914-1915 Star, Victory Medal and British War Medal

Full details can be found on the Australian Archives website for free, (Click)  www.naa.gov.au

Family Notes:

Son  of Stephen Prebble and
Eliza Prebble (nee Price m.1867 Elham),
Brother of Thomas George, Charles, Stephen, Jane, Mary Ann, William John, George, Kate, Edward and Elizabeth Prebble
1891 address: The Street, Hastingleigh, Kent
1901 address: The Street, Hastingleigh, Kent
1910 emigrated to Sydney Australia with his brother Edward, on 11 Nov 1910, aboard the SS Omrah. Both were listed as farmers.

He and his wife Alice settled in Wentwoth, Bondi, New South Wales, Australia.

Father of: Archibald, Ronald and Gordon Leslie Prebble

Civilian Occupation:

Pre-War occupation Blacksmith

Married:

1916  Alice Louisa Hinkley

Died:

22 Feb 1943 in Sydney, Australia

Is listed on the WW1 Honour Roll in Hastingleigh Church

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 Alfred Prebble's WW1 medal card.