PRENDERGAST, Cyril Percy
| Service Number: | 3451 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 January 1915, Deserted on 8 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia, April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Milawa, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boundary Rider |
| Died: | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 17 July 1939, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Deserted on 8 February 1915 | |
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| 15 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3451, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Williamstown, Victoria | |
| 7 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 3451, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1917: | Embarked Private, 3451, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kyarra, Melbourne | |
| 3 Sep 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 3451, 8th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 12 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3451, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Had enlisted in 1915 under the name of Cyril Percy Prenderast but deserted after six months service then re-enlisted in 1917
Son of James Patrick Adams and Louisa Adams nee Huggins of Rutherglen, Victoria. Brother of Alice Prendergast of Wangaratta, Victoria
Husband of Ethel Adams of Prendergast of 160 Charles Street, Footscary, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1919 aboard HT Malta disembarking on the 7 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Rachel Milsom
Cyril Percy Prendergast was son of James Patrick Prendergast and Louises Prendergast, nee Huggins of Rutherglen, Victoria.
He initially enlisted on 14th January 1915 at Liverpool, NSW and listed his sister Alice of Wangaratta, Victoria as his next of kin. He deserted on 8th February 1915.
He re-enlisted on 15th May 1917 at Williamstown, Victoria and listed his Wife Ethel as his next of kin. As he was a boundary rider he was assigned to the 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, 29th Reinforcement, which embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A55 Kyarra 7th September 1917.
He returned to Australia on 3rd July 1919 aboard HT Malta disembarking on the 7th August 1919 at Port Melbourne and he discharged on 13th December 1919.
He re-married in 1921 to Lillian Rose Threlkeld and had 7 children. He died in the Caulfield Military Hospital on 17th July 1939.
Medals: 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal