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James Prentice CORMACK

Regimental number90
Place of birthNorth Carlton Victoria
SchoolPrinces Hill State School, Melbourne High School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPublic servant
Address56 Wilson Street, North Carlton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Cormack, 56 Wilson Street, North Carlton, Victoria
Previous military serviceCadet corps
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 June 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death14 June 1915
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialChatby War Memorial Cemetery (Row M, Grave No. 64), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
49
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of J. CORMACK, 56 Wilson Street, Carlton, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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