Prendergast, Richard
SURNAME
Prendergast
NAME
Richard
PLACE OF BIRTH
Tralee, Ireland
OCCUPATION
Labourer
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
Port Douglas, QLD
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
2-02-15
NEXT OF KIN
(mother) Mrs H. Prendergast, Tralee, Ireland
LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE
Douglas Shire Honour Board (no other links established)
REGIMENT 1
25th Battalion AIF
RANK
Private
CAMPAIGN 1
Gallipoli
CAMPAIGN 2
Western Front
KILLED IN ACTION
Yes, 29-07-16
OTHER INFORMATION
14/15Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
STORY OUTLINE
Richard Prendergast was an immigrant from Ireland working as labourer in the Douglas district when war broke out.
He enlisted at Port Douglas in February 1915. Assigned to the 25th Battalion, he joined the fighting at Gallipoli 4 September 1915. Surviving through the rest of that conflict, he was then thrust into the war in France, disembarking Marseilles on 19 March 1916.
He lasted just four months, killed in what may have been the 25th first serious encounter with the enemy 29-07-16.
SERVICE NO
207
