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KENT, George
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3054A |
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Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, 5 years Thornton Rifle club |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Alexandra, Victoria, Australia, June 1877 |
Home Town: | Dandenong, Greater Dandenong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Platelayer |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3054A, 6th Infantry Battalion, 5 years Thornton Rifle club | |
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29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3054A, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3054A, 6th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne | |
9 Dec 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3054A, 6th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW to left leg | |
28 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3054A, 6th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD due to over age |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Regimental Books - Australian Military History
We Remember Today the life and service of 3054A Private George Kent, 10th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion, of Dandenong, Vic, aged 38.
Pte Kent enlisted on 12 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Osterley on 29 September 1915. He returned to Australia on 26 September 1917.