AustLit logo
Henry Weston Pryce Henry Weston Pryce i(A9575 works by) (a.k.a. Henry Pryce; H. W. Pryce; Henry Weston Pryce)
Also writes as: 'Gunner 379' ; 'Peter Persnurkus'
Born: Established: 1891 Monaro, Cooma area, Cooma - Snowy - Bombala area, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 5 Apr 1963 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

BiographyHistory

Henry Weston Pryce was born at Woolway Station in Monaro, New South Wales. His occupations included salesman, insurance agent, clerk, soldier and journalist. He contributed verse and stories to Australian literary journals for several years. Pryce joined the 9th Machine Gun Company of the A.I.F. on 16 June 1916 and sailed from Melbourne in October 1916. He returned to Australia on the 25 November 1917. Both his brothers died in the war. Pryce subsequently joined the staff of the Sydney Sun.

Price's papers, covering his World War I years, are held at the Mitchell Library, Sydney.


(Source: E. Morris Miller Australian Literature from Its Beginnings to 1935 (1940): 100-101)

Most Referenced Works

Last amended 3 Mar 2014 12:13:31
Other mentions of "" in AustLit:
    X