Thomas Samuel LENTON

Regimental number2673
Place of birthLondon
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
Address612 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinWife, Mrs E K Lenton, 612 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Enlistment date22 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 2 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 August 1916
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialSerre Road Cemetery No. 2 (Plot XIII, Row J, Grave No. 2), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
146
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Ellen LENTON; husband of E. K. LENTON