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John Murdock PRENTICE

Regimental number1770
Place of birthBuangor Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address13 Tennyson Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinSister, Miss Maggie Prentice, Neil Street, Beaufort, Victoria
Enlistment date20 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31089 (31 December 1918); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 (23 May 1919).

FateReturned to Australia 6 November 1918
Medals

Order de la Couronne - Chevalier


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 67
Date: 3 June 1919

Croix de Guerre (Belgium)


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 91
Date: 23 July 1919

Order de la Couronne - Chevalier (Belgium)


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 91
Date: 23 July 1919

Other detailsMedals: Order de la Couronne - Chevalier, Croix de Guerre (Belgium), Order de la Couronne - Chevalier (Belgium), 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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