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David Ernest KENTISH

Regimental number5119
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressPompapiel PO, via Dingee, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Kentish, Pompapiel PO, via Dingee, Victoria
Enlistment date1 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 July 1918
Place of burialBorre British Cemetery (Plot II, row D, Grave No. 3), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
47
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry Horwood and Susannah KENTISH. Native of Pompapiel, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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