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GENT, Reginald James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2655 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Morbury, South Africa, June 1894 |
| Home Town: | Trayning, Trayning, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 1 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Meckering War Memorial, Trayning War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2655, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2655, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2655, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 21 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2655, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Mouquet Farm | |
| 1 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2655, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2655 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-01 |
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