DENT, Oswald Gordon
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Stanmore, New South Wales, 16 November 1884 |
| Home Town: | Austinmer, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | CofE Clerk of Holy Orders |
| Died: | Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, 30 March 1973, aged 88 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Austinmer War Memorial, Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Sep 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 Sep 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney |
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Old Minister Returns
The Rev. O. G. Dent, was rector of St. Mary Magdalene from 1919 to 1927 and is coming back to St. Marys for the 8 a.m. communion services. He has expressed the desire that he would like to renew acquaintance with the old parishioners.
Mr. Dent has been living in retirement at Woodford for a number of years.
Nepean Times Thursday 20 March 1958 page 1
REV. O G DENT
Scholar and Sport
Rev. O.G. Dent, who was recently inducted at St. Stephen's Church of England, Lidcombe, is a Sydney native, and was educated at Sydney Grammar School, where, as a boy, he won the Pockley prize for the best all-round scholar. He also shone in the sporting arena winning the senior athletic championship of the school for two years in succession. Following his ordination at Moore College, he went to England and studied at Durham University. During the war he was a chaplain with the 5th Division of the B.E.F.
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate Friday 18 February 1927 page 3