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Pte. James Bryce MacLaren Pryde
Australian Army 2/18th Btn. Australian Infantry
from:McMahons Point, New South Wales
(d.27th Jan 1942)
James Bryce MacLaren Pryde was born in Edinburgh, Scotland 20/1/1918 and emigrated to McMahons Point, New South Wales, Australia with his parents William and Jean Law Keith Pryde in 1937.
James enlisted in the Australian Army at Paddington in the Wahroonga area of Sydney. His service number was NX50220 and he gave his father as next of kin. James saw fighting in Singapore and died in Changi hospital on 27/1/1942, aged 24. He is commemorated on Sp.Mem. 6. D. 2 in the Kranji War Cemetery and Singapore Memorial.