Education
Pratt went to school at the Christian Brothers College (Junior School) at Alphington and Bundoora, followed by Preston Technical School, where he captained the Football Club in 1972.
Pratt went to school at the Christian Brothers College (Junior School) at Alphington and Bundoora, followed by Preston Technical School, where he captained the Football Club in 1972.
On the morning of 4 June 1976 Senior Constable Pratt intervened in a robbery of an Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Bank branch in Clifton Hill, and was shot in the back when he tried to stop the robbery. Keith George Faure was convicted for the shooting. The injuries received resulted in Pratt retiring from the Victoria Police.