Virtual War Memorial | Rolf Westcott PENTECOST

Rolf Westcott PENTECOST Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

PENTECOST, Rolf Westcott

Service Number:	4628
Enlisted:	6 September 1915, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Drayton, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, 9 February 1890
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Toowoomba South State Boys School
Occupation:	Soap Maker
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, 29 July 1963, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland Grave Location: Lawn 1/Grave 821; buried with: Mabel Gertrude Pentecost. Also his (DVA) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Wall 63/Row A; AT the Queensland Garden of Remembrance (within Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery) Graham Rd - Bridgeman Downs, Qld, Australia.
Memorials:	Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1

World War 1 Service

6 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4628, 15th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
31 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4628, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' (NAA, Pg-4)
31 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4628, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4628, 47th Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg's-4, 5)
1 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg's-4)
1 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 47th Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg-4)
28 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4628, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Involved: 28/05/1918, Rank: Lance Corporal, Unit: 45th Aust., Inf., Btn. Later Rank: Corporal; (NAA, Pg's-4, 5).
28 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), (NAA, Pg-4)
3 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), (NAA, Pg-5)
2 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 4628, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged (Medical): 02/11/1919, wounded (G.S.W., left hand); [1st M.D.,] 1st Medical District-Brisbane, Queensland; (NAA, Pg-17).

Help us honour Rolf Westcott Pentecost's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.