Herbert KENT

KENT, Herbert

    Service Number: 1770
    Enlisted: 24 December 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Alexandra, Victoria, Australia, 1886
    Home Town: Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Illness (Pneumonia), Malta, 31 July 1915
    Cemetery: Pieta Military Cemetery
    Plot B, Row 1V, Grave 1 Rev. E. Smith officiated, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1770, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    20 Mar 1915: Involvement Private, 1770, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
    20 Mar 1915: Embarked Private, 1770, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Albert Kent and Annie Kent nee McDonald of Alexandra, Victoria

    Husband of Florence Mary Kent nee McMillan of 103 Napier Street, Fitzroy, Victoria. Herbert and Florence were married in 1906c record number 5408. Father of Herbert Vincent Kent, Doris May Kent, Roy Thomas Kent and Olive Florence Kent

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Previously worked in the timber industry

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