William KENT

KENT, William

Service Number: 1567
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born: Firth, Orkney, Scotland., date not yet discovered
Home Town: Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died of wounds, France, 12 May 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Mont Huon Military Cemetery, le Treport, France
Plot VI Row H Grave 8B, Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Elsmore and District Roll of Honor, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

4 May 1916: Involvement Private, 1567, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
4 May 1916: Embarked Private, 1567, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
12 May 1918: Involvement Private, 1567, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1567 awm_unit: 9th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-12

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 37 and the son of John and Isabella Kent, of Saville Firth, Orkney Isles, Scotland. He is remembered on the Firth & Finstown War Memorial located at the side of the A965 in the middle of the village of Finstown on the Isle Orkney where he was born. Also honoured here is Private John Irvine Heddle, Service Number 1641, 42nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F- Killed in Action  29/09/1918

 

On the 1901 Scotland census for Redland, Orkney he was shown as a servant.