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KENT, Alfred Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3336 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Berwick, Vic., 1875 |
| Home Town: | Narre Warren, Casey, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 May 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier I 11, Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berwick Grammar School Honour Avenue Plaque, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll, Narre Warren Memorial Gates |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3336, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3336, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 5 May 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3336, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3336 awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-05-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
ALFRED ERNEST KENT who was killed in action on 5th May 1916 was the elder son of Mr. A. B. Kent. He was born in 1875 and entered the School in 1888 and left in 1892. He won the champion cup for athletics in 1892, and was in the football teams of 1891 and 1892.
Prior to enlistment he had been in business in Tasmania, and had been an orchardist at Narre Warren, Victoria. On enlistment he joined the
6th Battalion, in which he was appointed a Lance-Corporal.
He was killed by a shell during a raid made by the Germans, and was buried in a cemetery near Wye Farm in France.
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