LENTHALL, Roland
| Service Number: | 2126 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 April 1915, Bairnsdale, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St Andrew's College, Trinity Grammar School, Dookie College |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 29 June 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord II E 134 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2126, 8th Infantry Battalion, Bairnsdale, Victoria | |
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| 17 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2126, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2126, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2126, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Rolands birth was registered in 1894 in Sydney as Rowland
His parents were Rowland Edmund LENTHALL and Edith BROWNLOW who married in Sydney in 1884
Private R. Lenthall died of wounds on the 29th June last. He was a nephew of Mr R. G. Brownlow of Eagle Point, and of Mrs A. N. Macarthur, East Bairnsdale. He lived for some years with Mr and Mrs Brownlow and attended St. Andrew's College. After that he went to Trinity Grammar School, Kew, and then put in three years at Dookie College. He enlisted in April of last year and took part in the fighting at Gallipoli. From there he was invalided to Cairo two days before the evacuation. After spending some time on the Suez Canal he was sent to France.
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