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PRESCOTT, Horace Henderson

Service Number:	37572
Enlisted:	13 March 1917, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	10th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Kew, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Yarrawonga, Moira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 12 October 1918
Cemetery:	Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 8, Row C, Grave No. 45
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Culcairn & District Great War Roll of Honor, Culcairn War Memorial, Melbourne Cricket Club Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918, Yarrawonga War Memorial

World War 1 Service

13 Mar 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 37572, Field Artillery Brigades, Melbourne, Vic.
9 Nov 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 37572, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 37572, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne
3 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , France
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 37572, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , The Battle of Amiens
11 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 37572, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , "The Last Hundred Days", SW to right thigh and ankle at St Souplet. Evacuated out but died of wounds enroute the next day 12 October 1918.
12 Oct 1918:	Involvement Gunner, 37572, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 37572 awm_unit: 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-10-12

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