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Ernest GENTLE

Regimental number101
Place of birthRutherglen Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationEngine Driver
AddressButter Factory, Kyogle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, George Gentle, Murphy Street, Rutherglen, Victoria
Enlistment date1 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 August 1916
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialBecourt Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row U, Grave No. 18), Becordel-Becourt, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
104
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Jane GENTLE, Rutherglen, Victoria

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