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Cecil Ernest KENTISH

Regimental number14584
Place of birthPaddington, New South wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDentist
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 6.75"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinMother, Millie Taylor, The Heights, Lambton, Newcastle, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date5 February 1917
Place of enlistmentMoore Park, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameAustralian Army Service Corps, 1st Anzac Mounted Division, 12th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 2 November 1917
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Mounted Division Train
FateReturned to Australia 26 July 1919
Discharge date5 December 1919
Other details

War service: embarked Melbourne, 2 November 1917; disembarked Suez, 10 December 1917.

Marched in to AASC Training Depot, Moascar, 16 January 1918.

Marched out to ANZAC Mounted Division Train, 16 January 1918.

Taken on strength, 33rd [32nd?] Company, AASC, in the field, 20 January 1918.

Appointed Temporary Corporal, 1 March 1918.

Admitted to 24th Stationary Hospital, Kantara, 30 March 1919 (influenza), and reverted to Driver; discharged to duty, 21 April 1919, and rejoined 32nd Company, AASC.

Commenced return to Australia from Kantara on board HT 'Burma', 26 July 1919; disembarked Sydney, 1 September 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 5 December 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Roll.
SourcesNAA: B2455, KENTISH Cecil Ernest

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