Robert Leslie Prentice

  General Notes:

Prentice, Robert Leslie
Service Number: 28047
Rank/Calling: Gunner
Unit: 4 Divisional Ammunition Column - 2 to 10 Reinforcements (Apr 1916 - Feb 1917)
Ship Name: HMAT Ascanius
Ship Number: A11
Date of Embarkation: 25/10/1916
Place of Embarkation: Sydney

Robert Leslie Prentice enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 15/6/1916. On the Certificate of Medical Examination he is described as: - aged - 44 years and four months, height - 5 feet 7 inches, weight 148 pounds, chest measurement 34 - 36 inches, complexion - medium, eyes - blue, hair - brown and he had a fatty tumour above right knee.
Robert fought in France

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Labourer.

• Death Certificate Number: (7455/1944).

Robert married Rosina Jane Bunyan, daughter of Reuben Bunyan and Sarah Ann Adlam, in 1900 in Cobar, NSW Australia. (Rosina Jane Bunyan was born in 1877 in Bathurst, NSW Australia and died in 1933 in Five Dock, Sydney, NSW Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Certificate: (1055/1900).