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PRENDERGAST, Leo Richard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1702 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 January 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Killarney, Western Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Geraldton, Western Australia, 1 July 1954, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Geraldton Cemetery, Western Australia Catholic Section, Row 43, Grave 10. Interred on the 5 July 1954 |
| Memorials: | Boulder Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1702, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 17 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1702, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1702, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle | |
| 27 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, From re-inforcements | |
| 26 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1702, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard Prendergast and Mary Ann Prendergast nee Silcock of Killarney, WA. Brother of John Joseph Nicholas Prendergast, Joseph Prendergast, Catherine May Prendergast, Ida Rosa Prendergast, John Michael Prendergast, Joseph Anthony Prendergast and Mary Prendergast
Husband of Sara Prendergast nee Scott of 56 North Terrace, Boulder, WA. Leo and Sara married in Boulder, WA durng 1914
Commenced return to Australia on 28 February 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on the 10 April 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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