PRENTICE E.G.

Given Names:  Ernest Gordon

Service Number:  337

Unit:  6th Battalion, C Company                                                                                       

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  168763

Age:  22 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Wood Carter                                                                                              

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8 In                     

Weight:  154 Lbs

Chest:  35 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/8/1914

Place:  Richmond

Next of Kin:    Mrs Cadd

24 Union Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  19/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Hororata A20

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Windhuk

Embarked:  19/6/1919                               

Disembarked:  18/8/1919

Unit:  Aust Provost Corps                                                                                                              

Rank:  2nd Corporal

Discharge Date:  1/9/1919                         

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  4853

British War Medal:  1872

Victory Medal:  1871

Other:    Military Medal

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1891

Place:  Rushworth, Victoria                      

Father:  Henry Charles PRENTICE           

Mother:  Margaret Alice BONE

MARRIAGE

Year:  1918     

Place:  Folkstone, England                       

Spouse: Eileen GRIFFIN

DEATH

Date or Year: 19/11/1969                        

Place: Kew, Victoria                                

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Was recommended fro Distinguished Conduct Medal, subsequently awarded Military Medal

Military Medal recommendation dated 7/9/1916 for maintaining telephone communication wires during constant barrage of heavy shells at Pozieres in August 1916

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Holy Trinity Church

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

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