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Edgar KENT Update Details

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Service Number:	131
Enlisted:	10 September 1914, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia, 18 August 1892
Home Town:	Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	10 July 1956, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW East Terrace, Wall NB, Niche 532
Memorials:

10 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 131, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne, Vic.
25 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Signaller, 131, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
25 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Signaller, 131, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-08-22

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Son of James Barr KENT and Mary nee CHAPMAN, National Bank of Australasia, Prahran, Victoria

Husband of Esther Mary ne WILSON