Morris Preshner

Born 5.09.1893
Place Warsaw, Poland
Ethnic origin Jewish
Religion Jewish
Father Samuel Preshner
Family

Wife Bertha Preshner (nee Luscombe), married 1924, stepson Jack Eric Slack (1913-1926)

Residence before arrival at Australia Left Poland for London with parents when he was 3 years old, lived in London for 17 years
Arrived at Australia from London
on 08.1913
per Hawkes Bay
disembarked at Melbourne
Residence before enlistment Melbourne
Occupation 1916 porter, commercial traveller, 1926 draper, 1929 salesman
Naturalisation Served as Russian subject, applied 1929
Residence after the war Sydney, Melbourne
Died 1.07.1955, Melbourne

Service #1

Service number 2893
Enlisted 20.09.1916
Place of enlistment Melbourne
Unit 37th Battalion, 39th Battalion
Rank Private
Place Western Front, 1917-1919
Casualties WIA 1918
Final fate RTA 27.05.1919
Discharged 28.08.1919 MU

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