Joseph PRENDERGAST

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Service Number:	6897A
Enlisted:	5 April 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Carlton North, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tobacco Worker
Memorials:

5 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6897A, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6897A, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6897A, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
16 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6897A, 6th Infantry Battalion, Multiple wounds and invalided to England on the 19 July 1918
10 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6897A, 6th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to multiple wounds (right arm -severe)

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Husband of Margaret Elizabeth Prendergast nee McDowall of 437 Rathdown Street, North Carlton, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia as wounded on 10 December 1918 aboard HT Somali disembarking on the 8 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal