GHENT, Lloyd
| Service Numbers: | Officer, 103 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, South Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 April 1895 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | West Brunswick State School |
| Occupation: | Purser |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery and Extension II. J. 17. |
| Memorials: | City of Brunswick Honour Roll, West Brunswick State School Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Officer, 5th Infantry Battalion, South Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 103, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 103, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement Captain, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 3rd Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1917-09-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas and Alison Isabel Ghent, of 128, Tinning St., Brunswick, Victoria, Australia.
UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS
Sergeant Lloyd Ghent (wounded) is a son of Mr. T. Ghent, Thistle Street, West Brunswick. He was in the employ of Huddart, Parker and Co., and latterly was purser on the Westralia and Rotomahana. He was lieutenant in the senior cadents, Coburg division, and is a nephew of Captain Baird, M.L.A., who is also at the front, and a grandson of Mr. G. M. Coutts, of Ballarat. He was 19 years of age at the time he enlisted.
GHENT.- Killed in action in France, on the 20th September, after three years' service, Captain Lloyd Ghent, beloved eldest son of Thomas and Alison Ghent, of 136 Tinning street, Brunswick, and loving brother of Rubie, Vere, Albert, Ailsie, and Gladys, aged 22 years and 3 months.
Our darling boy.
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