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PENTLAND, Sydney
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 205 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 September 1914, Enlisted at Warracknabeal, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Lawn, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Warracknabeal, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds - shrapnel wounds to the head, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 November 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Panel 8 Commemorated at the Warracknabeal Cemetery, Victoria, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beulah Memorial Gates, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Warracknabeal War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 205, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Warracknabeal, Victoria | |
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| 25 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 205, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 205, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 1 Nov 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 205, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 205 awm_unit: 8 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-11-01 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Michael and Janet Pentland Galaquil, Victoria. Brother of Donald Black Pentland who was killed in action 4 October 1917 whiel serving with the 6th Battalion
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal