James Prentice CORMACK

CORMACK, James Prentice

    Service Numbers: 90, 90
    Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: North Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Carlton North, Melbourne, Victoria
    Schooling: Princes Hill State School and Melbourne High School, Victoria
    Occupation: Public Servant
    Died: Died of wounds - chest, 15th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 14 June 1915
    Cemetery: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
    Row M, Grave 64 Headstone inscription reads: He honoured the work, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 90, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 90, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 90, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James Cormack and Catherine Thomson Cormack nee Prentice of 'Ingle Nock', 56 Wilson Street, North Carlton, Victoria. Brother of Jessie Henderson Cormack, Hugh Reid Cormack, Barbara Reid Cormack and Elsie elizabeth Cormack

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victoria

    Also served for 2 years in the Public Schools Senior Cadets

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