Victor PRENTICE

PRENTICE, Victor

    Service Number: 1320
    Enlisted: 11 September 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
    Last Rank: Lance Sergeant
    Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: London, England, 1881
    Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
    Schooling: Church of England School, England
    Occupation: Driver
    Died: Died of wounds - gunshot wound to the forehead, 16th Casualty Clearing Station, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 5 November 1915
    Cemetery: Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.Turkey
    Special Memorial, Row C, Grave 37 Headstone inscription reads: In my heart you will live always , Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1320, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 1320, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1320, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    16 Feb 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    3 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1320, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the right leg and invalided to England on the 13 May 1915 on board Gloucester Castle
    29 Oct 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), In the field
    5 Nov 1915: Involvement 1320, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1320 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-11-05

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    Biography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge

    His widow embarked on the SS Ceramic from the United Kingdom 12 March 1920.

    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Arrived in Australia aged 29 years

    Son of Charles and Mary Ann Prentice. Husband of Leah Mary Prentice of the Telegraph Hotel, Tambo, QLD formerly of the Palace Hotel, Stanley Street, Adelaide, SA. Last known address  Langdon Court, Plymstock, Plymouth, England

    On 1 November 1911 Victor married Leah Mary Pepper in the Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide

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

    Also served in the Scottish Rifles for about 12 years

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