Albert PRENTICE MM

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PRENTICE, Albert

Service Numbers:	1164, R1164
Enlisted:	19 April 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Greys England, 7 August 1891
Home Town:	New Norfolk, Derwent Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Cancer, New Norfolk, Tasmania, 6 October 1948, aged 57 years
Cemetery:	New Norfolk General Cemetery, Tasmania, Australia
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World War 1 Service

19 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1164, 26th Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1164, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1164, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
8 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, R1164, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
8 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, R1164, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Hobart
20 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion
4 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1164, 12th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, SW to shoulder
7 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1164, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, GSW right both legs, serious. Both legs amputated below knee
27 Jun 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, Third Ypres, Operations east of Hooge 1-7 October 1917, act platoon Sgt took charge of platoon when CO killed, lead the platoon in attack and resisting counter attack. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette pg 1391, position 33
15 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, R1164, 12th Infantry Battalion, 6th MD, both legs amputated below knee during Third Ypres

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Biography contributed

Excerpt of Biography

"Albert Prentice would have been embarrassed to be called a hero. The modern-day trend to refer to all war veterans as heroes would not have sat easily with him, for he was a modest man. However, he was something of a legend, particularly in his adopted hometown of New Norfolk in the Derwent Valley of Tasmania. This is the story of how a humble grocer became that legend." Read more in the Biography written by his grandson listed in the Links and Documents section (to the left).

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