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John  Prideaux

Name on Board JS Prideaux
Name on Service
Records
John   Prideaux
Enlistment Age 32
Occupation Storeman, Newport Workshops
Place of Birth Williamstown, Vic
Next of Kin Mrs C Prideaux
Address 21 Fairholm Grove, Camberwell, Vic
Marital Status Widower
Enlistment Date 9/07/1915
Service No. 3122
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 29/09/1915
Embarkation Ship RMS Osterley
Unit on Embarkation 6th Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of Death 17/07/1916
Unit on Death 6th Australian Infantry Battalion
Rank on Death Lance Corporal
Cause of Death Illness - Pneumonia
Place of Wounding/
Death
1st Canadian Clearing Station, France
Cemetery or Memorial Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Additional Information Son: John Francis Wilson
Additional References Williamstown Chronicle, Saturday 5 August 1916, p3
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