John Patrick PRENDERGAST MM

PRENDERGAST, John Patrick

    Service Number: 1977
    Enlisted: 12 February 1916, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 35th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Maude, Hay, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Station Hand
    Died: New South Wales, Australia , 2 August 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales
    Roman Catholic section, Row L10, Grave 0048
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1977, 56th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
    23 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 1977, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
    23 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 1977, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Sydney
    23 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion, From 56th Battalion
    4 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1977, 35th Infantry Battalion, Severe gunshot wound to the right foot and invalided to England
    4 Apr 1918: Honoured Military Medal, London Gazette on 4 February 1918, page 1619, position 85 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 June 1918, page 1393, position 183
    8 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1977, 35th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gunshot wound to the left thigh-severe. Invalided to England on the 12 August 1918
    30 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1977, 35th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William and Sarah Prendergast of 'Gelan Station', Maude, NSW. Brother of Mary M. Prendergast, William J. Prendergast and Annie E. Prendergast

    During 1921 John married Christina Duncan in Hay, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia as wounded on 12 December 1918 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on the 14 February 1919

    Medals: Military Medal, Victory Medal

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