William James PRENDERGAST

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PRENDERGAST, William James

Service Number:	3883
Enlisted:	8 November 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glanville, South Australia, 22 October 1888
Home Town:	Kilkenny, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Traveller
Died:	Daw Park, South Australia, 8 April 1965, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Sieberts Fuenrals officated. Interred on 9 April 1965 in Derrick Gardens, Path 31, Grave 22A. Internment number 20016 which expires on the 9 April 2025
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World War 1 Service

8 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
7 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 3883, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 3883, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide
2 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, From 27th Battalion
7 Jan 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion, In France
25 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3883, 50th Infantry Battalion
20 Jul 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion, In France
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 3883, 50th Infantry Battalion
30 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3883, 50th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military Discharged
Date unknown:	Wounded 3883, 27th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Prendergast and Mary Prendergast nee Considine of Railway Terrace, Kilkenny, SA. Brother of Thomas Edmund Prendergast, Francis George Terence Prendergast, Mary Elizabeth Prendergast, Lucy Hannorah Prendergast and Joseph Lenard Domnick Prendergast

On 20 October 1920 William married Ellen Mary Houigan in St Saviours Church, Brompton, SA. father of William Raymond Prendergast, Mary Teresa Prendergast

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 aboard HT Armagh disembarking on 16 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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