Beira, Mozambique
On 12 February 1924, Prentice arrived in London from Beira, Mozambique on board the Royal Mail Ship of HMHS Goorkha. Later on 12 August 1927, he departed from London for Biera on a Royal Mail Ship Electrician. He returned to Scotland in 1924 and spent time staying in Kennetpans, Clackmannan until somewhere around 1931.