KENT, Frank
| Other Name: | Newbold, Frank Kent |
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| Service Number: | 1615 |
| Enlisted: | 22 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 14 September 1896 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 22 August 1916, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" "as far as I know, Frank and a lot of other poor follows were all buried together in a big shell-hole, but the place was never marked as we were all disorganised and never had time." - Company Sargeant-Major Will Sheedy |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1615, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1615, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 19 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1615, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 7 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1615, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, TOS | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1615, 12th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 6 Jan 1916: | Wounded ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 31 May 1916: | Embarked | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Transferred 12th Infantry Battalion, Frank, with other reinforcements, rejoined the 12th Batallion, now fighting in the Battle of the Somme. | |
| 19 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1615, 12th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, Killed in action | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Mouquet Farm, A Company, 12th Inf Bat. Frank was Company Sargeant-Major Will Sheedys messenger. "we did a daylight bayonet charge. Frank was with me all the time until 23rd August, when I had occasion to send an urgent message to the captain of our company, Frank taking the message from me. I never saw him again." |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
He served under the alias of Frank Kent.
Son of Mrs. A KENT, 5 Bell Street, Glebe, Hobart, Tas.
News has been received that Private Frank Kent-Newbold was killed action in France early last month. He was employed at Crisp and Gunn's, timber merchants, Hobart, and enlisted about a year ago, and at the time of his death was 20 years of age. He saw active service on Gallipoli. He was a player in the Junior Football Association. His parents reside in Bell-street, Glebe.
Biography contributed by brian dickson
Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name - Frank Kent Newbold
Birth Date - 17 Sep. 1896
Birth Place - Tasmania
Registration Year - 1896
Registration Place - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Father - Joseph Newbold
Mother -
Alice Rebecca E Bullen
Registration Number_803
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