Why was he with this regiment? Any information would be appreciated. Need assistance on Who/Where/What/How for this man who is on the Australian Commemorative Roll which is for those "Australians" who died in other Allied Services. If proved not to be "Australian" their names will not be removed from the Commemorative Roll however their details will be updated accordingly. I have researched the Air Force members but there are many more Land and Sea deaths in a myriad of different forces. There is not a lot of information on these people that can be accessed easily and I ask your assistance to fill in at least some of the gaps. Hopefully some relatives may see this thread and add more. I will make a different thread for each along the way as they may tend to get lost if clumped together. In Memory of Serjeant JOHN RACKHAM PRISK 23194, 6 Field Regt., New Zealand Artillery who died age 33 on 01 December 1941 Son of Paul Prisk and of Margaret Ellen Prisk (nee Rackham), of Waihi, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Valda Ruth Prisk, of Epsom, Auckland. Remembered with honour KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA From what is available to me online he seems to have been born in New Zealand however there may be further info available as to who may have added him to the Commemorative Roll.
Not getting anywhere with this one - no hits at all in the newspapers that would hint at an Aussie connection. A Paul Prisk served in the AIF in WW1 but was killed in 1918, enlisted in 1915 as a 21 year old (so born 1894). John Rackham Prisk was born in 1908, so I'm guessing they aren't related........
I think I have it..... (see attachment from) Auckland War Memorial Museum - Prisk-Edward-Paul-World-War-I,-1914-1918 Looking at the details for this NZ WW1 casualty he has the same NOK as John Rackham Prisk and his place of birth was in Australia. ************************************** plus I found a couple of images of John Rackham Prisk Inmagic DB/Text WebPublisher PRO: 1 records black and white photograph of soldiers sitting on sand | NZETC
I think I have it..... (see attachment from) Auckland War Memorial Museum - Prisk-Edward-Paul-World-War-I,-1914-1918 Looking at the details for this NZ WW1 casualty he has the same NOK as John Rackham Prisk and his place of birth was in Australia. ************************************** plus I found a couple of images of John Rackham Prisk Inmagic DB/Text WebPublisher PRO: 1 records black and white photograph of soldiers sitting on sand | NZETC You are a star Dave. Photos and all. Still leaves it open that he could have been born here. Maybe some more info will turn up with some birth records for the family. Cheers Geoff
