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Richard George STENT

Regimental number4320
Place of birthClifton Hill, Victoria
SchoolFootscray State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationButcher
Address1 Emily Street, Footscray, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs E M Stent, 1 Emily Street, Footscray, Victoria
Enlistment date9 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 3), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
54
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Johanna STENT; husband of Elsie Mary STENT of Emily Street, Footscray, Victoria. Native of Clifton Hill, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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