Edward Leslie PENTECOST

PENTECOST, Edward Leslie

Service Number: 4749
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 25th Infantry Battalion
Born: Helidon, Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Withcott, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 14 November 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Warlencourt British Cemetery, Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helidon War Memorial, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

12 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 4749, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
12 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 4749, 25th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Address
Withcott via Helidon, Queensland

Age at embarkation 20

Father, Edward Pentecost, Withcott via Helidon, Queensland
Enlistment date 20 September 1915
Rank on enlistment Private

Unit name
25th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/42/3

Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Mooltan on 12 April 1916

Unit from Nominal Roll
25th Battalion