Reginald Stow KENTISH

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KENTISH, Reginald Stow

Service Number:	2189
Enlisted:	21 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Appila, South Australia, 27 February 1891
Home Town:	Malvern, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Kalangadoo and Unley Public Schools, South Australia, Remington Business College
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Harbonnieres, France, 8 August 1918, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Special Memorial 25 - suggesting his grave was lost in fighting but he is known to have been buried in the vicinity, Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalangadoo War Memorial Park Gates, Nar Nar Goon Commercial Bank of Australia Limited WW1 Roll of Honour, Payneham District Council Roll of Honor, Payneham Road Uniting (Methodist) Church Honor Roll, Payneham Roll of Honour, Rose Park Gartrell Memorial Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Tusmore Burnside District Roll of Honour, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2189, 48th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, Embarked from UK for France 28 Dec 1916 on Princess Clementine
21 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2189, 48th Infantry Battalion
12 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2189, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
6 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Taken on Strength
21 Mar 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2189, 48th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2189, 48th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, Killed in Action

Privvate Reginald Stow Kentish

Private Reginald Stow Kentish
Service No: 2189
48th Battalion A.I.F.
World War I 1914 – 1918
Enlisted: 21st August 1915
Age on Enlistment: 24 years
Occupation: Clerk
Next of Kin: Albert & Edith Kentish

Private Reginald Stow Kentish embarked from Adelaide (as a part of the 48th Battalion 2-5 reinforcements April – August 1916) on the 12th August 1916 on board the H.M.A.S. Ballarat Ship No. A70.
Private Reginald Stow Kentish arrived in France on the 28th of December 1916.
On the 29th of September 1917 Private Reginald Stoe Kentish was killed in action in France on the 8th August 1918.
Private Reginald Stow Kentish lies at rest in the Heath Military Cemetery, Villers Bretonneux.
Private Reginald Stow Kentish was awarded the following medals.
1914 - 1915 Star
The Victory Medal
British War Medal 1914 – 1920

The following words were written by Mr Albert Kentish to the Officer in Charge of Base Records, Melbourne Victoria, 19th May 1919.

Dear Sir,
The package came to hand today. Thank you very much for all your kindness in the past, that is the end and nothing more can be done.
“Like the King of older time I would cry out, My Son, My Son, would that I had died for Thee.
He was one of the best of sons, full of promise and killed in his 28th year.
Again, thanking you,
A. Kentish

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