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CORMACK, James Prentice
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 90, 90 |
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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, Egypt 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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 90, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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