RENTOUL, James Buchan
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 11 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Liverpool England, 29 July 1871 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Erasmus Smith's School, Dublin, Ireland and Saint Andrews College, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Presbyterian Minister |
| Died: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 20 June 1942, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Wagga Wagga General (Monumental) Cemetery Presbyterian Portion - Section 1A - Row 2 - Grave 14 |
| Memorials: | Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Officer, Australian Army Chaplains' Department | |
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| 17 Mar 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Rev. J. B. Rentoul
MELBOURNE, Monday.
The Rev. James Buchan Rentoul (71), Presbyterian minister in charge of St. Andrew's, Wagga, died suddenly on Saturday.
Mr. Rentoul graduated at St.Andrew's College, Sydney, in 1903, and was called to Tamworth, Albury, and Hobart in succession.
He served as chaplain In Egypt and In France in the First World War. He was called to Geelong In 1919. and to Wagga In 1931.He was vice-president of the Federal executive of the Returned Sailors, Soldiers', and Airmen's League, and was a foundation member of the Legacv Club at Geelong.
The Mercury Tuesday 23 June 1942 page 4
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