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War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 29 August 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria from Mudros, 7 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Admitted to 7th Australian Field Ambulance, Rail Head, 16 February 1916 (laryngitis); transferred to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Ferry Post, 3 March 1916; to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, 4 March 1916; discharged to duty, 19 March 1916; taken on strength, 57th Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.

Transferred to 60th Bn, 4 April 1916.

Admitted to 15th Australian Field Ambulance, 14 April 1916 (optical examination), and transferred to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, and then to 1st Australian Stationary Hospital (defective vision); discharged to duty, 18 April 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, 19 April 1916.

Admitted to 8th Australian Field Ambulance, 3 May 1916 (influenza); discharged, and rejoined Bn, Hog's Back, 10 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Statement, Red Cross File No 1071102, 4908 Pte H. PRETTY, 60th Bn (patient, St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, England), 11 (?) October 1916: 'Informant states that on "the evening of July 19th at Levantie, Fletcher went out with me in a charge, and lay wounded by me till 4 p.m. on the 20th, when he left me, crawling back to our lines[.] He should have got in, but he may have been sniped. I was not picked up till much later".'

Note on file: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'