David Hamitlon PRUDEN

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Service Number:	404
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent
Born:	Maffra, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1876
Home Town:	Newry, Wellington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Koster River, South Africa, 22 July 1900, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Boer War Memorial, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Sale Boer War Memorial, Stratford Boer War Honor Roll

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Sergeant, 404, Victorian Citizen Bushmen
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Sergeant, 404, Victorian Citizen Bushmen
10 Mar 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 404, 3rd Victorian Bushmans Contingent, Ship Euralus from Melbourne

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David Hamilton PRUDEN was born in Victoria in 1876 - his birth was registered at Stratford, Victoria

His parents were John PRUDEN and Anne WEIR - his father was from Nottingham & his mother was born in Stratford, Victoria

He died on 22nd July, 1900 at Koster River during the Rustenberg Engagement and was buried in Rustenberg Cemetery