Service Numbers:--3541, 3541A
Enlisted:--
Last Rank:-- Private
Last Unit:-- 53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:-- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:--
Schooling: --
Occupation:--- Furniture Polisher
Died:--- Killed in action, France, 19 July 1916
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Cover Photo --Portrait of 3541 Private (Pte) George Stanley ('Kenty') Kentwell of Leichhardt, NSW (left), 3606 Pte Charles Gladstone Quinn of Petersham, NSW (centre) and 3616 Pte Arthur Smith of Marrickville, NSW (right). All three men were members of the 8th Reinforcements of the 17th Battalion, but transferred to the 53rd Battalion as part of the 'doubling-up' of the AIF in April 1916, arriving in France for service on the Western Front in June 1916. Pte Kentwell was part of the second wave attack on Fromelles on 19 July 1916, but was mortally wounded in the stomach soon after leaving the Australian trenches. He succumbed to his wounds soon after, age 19. Pte, later Sergeant Smith was on a working party in the support lines at Anzac Ridge near Zonnebeke on 20 October 1917 when he was killed instantly by a German 'whiz-bang' shell, age 22. He was buried nearby, but the cross which marked his grave was lost and his remains were never recovered.
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George Stanley Kentwell - Service Number – 3541A
George Stanley Kentwell, aged 19 years, was a polisher by trade and lived in Victoria Street, Leichhardt, New South Wales. He was the grandson of Mr. Kentwell of Castle Hill and he enlisted for service on the 22 August 1915. He named his father Mr. G. Kentwell of Victoria Street, Leichhardt as next of kin. He embarked for service overseas as a Private on the 20 December 1915 from Sydney aboard the HMAT ‘Aeneas’ to serve with the 17 Infantry Battalion.
Taken on strength, he was later transferred to the 53 Infantry Battalion. Tragically,
he died of wounds sustained in action on the 19 July 1916 at Fromelles, France. He
has no known grave and is remembered with honour at V.C. Corner Australian
Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles France. He was awarded the British War Medal and
the Victory Medal. These medals together with a Memorial Scroll and Memorial
Plaque were given to his foster mother Mrs. Lucy Buchanan. His name is
remembered on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Enlisted:--
Last Rank:-- Private
Last Unit:-- 53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:-- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:--
Schooling: --
Occupation:--- Furniture Polisher
Died:--- Killed in action, France, 19 July 1916
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Cover Photo --Portrait of 3541 Private (Pte) George Stanley ('Kenty') Kentwell of Leichhardt, NSW (left), 3606 Pte Charles Gladstone Quinn of Petersham, NSW (centre) and 3616 Pte Arthur Smith of Marrickville, NSW (right). All three men were members of the 8th Reinforcements of the 17th Battalion, but transferred to the 53rd Battalion as part of the 'doubling-up' of the AIF in April 1916, arriving in France for service on the Western Front in June 1916. Pte Kentwell was part of the second wave attack on Fromelles on 19 July 1916, but was mortally wounded in the stomach soon after leaving the Australian trenches. He succumbed to his wounds soon after, age 19. Pte, later Sergeant Smith was on a working party in the support lines at Anzac Ridge near Zonnebeke on 20 October 1917 when he was killed instantly by a German 'whiz-bang' shell, age 22. He was buried nearby, but the cross which marked his grave was lost and his remains were never recovered.
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George Stanley Kentwell - Service Number – 3541A
George Stanley Kentwell, aged 19 years, was a polisher by trade and lived in Victoria Street, Leichhardt, New South Wales. He was the grandson of Mr. Kentwell of Castle Hill and he enlisted for service on the 22 August 1915. He named his father Mr. G. Kentwell of Victoria Street, Leichhardt as next of kin. He embarked for service overseas as a Private on the 20 December 1915 from Sydney aboard the HMAT ‘Aeneas’ to serve with the 17 Infantry Battalion.
Taken on strength, he was later transferred to the 53 Infantry Battalion. Tragically,
he died of wounds sustained in action on the 19 July 1916 at Fromelles, France. He
has no known grave and is remembered with honour at V.C. Corner Australian
Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles France. He was awarded the British War Medal and
the Victory Medal. These medals together with a Memorial Scroll and Memorial
Plaque were given to his foster mother Mrs. Lucy Buchanan. His name is
remembered on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Service Numbers:--3541, 3541A
Enlisted:--
Last Rank:-- Private
Last Unit:-- 53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:-- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:--
Schooling: --
Occupation:--- Furniture Polisher
Died:--- Killed in action, France, 19 July 1916
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Cover Photo --Portrait of 3541 Private (Pte) George Stanley ('Kenty') Kentwell of Leichhardt, NSW (left), 3606 Pte Charles Gladstone Quinn of Petersham, NSW (centre) and 3616 Pte Arthur Smith of Marrickville, NSW (right). All three men were members of the 8th Reinforcements of the 17th Battalion, but transferred to the 53rd Battalion as part of the 'doubling-up' of the AIF in April 1916, arriving in France for service on the Western Front in June 1916. Pte Kentwell was part of the second wave attack on Fromelles on 19 July 1916, but was mortally wounded in the stomach soon after leaving the Australian trenches. He succumbed to his wounds soon after, age 19. Pte, later Sergeant Smith was on a working party in the support lines at Anzac Ridge near Zonnebeke on 20 October 1917 when he was killed instantly by a German 'whiz-bang' shell, age 22. He was buried nearby, but the cross which marked his grave was lost and his remains were never recovered.
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George Stanley Kentwell - Service Number – 3541A
George Stanley Kentwell, aged 19 years, was a polisher by trade and lived in Victoria Street, Leichhardt, New South Wales. He was the grandson of Mr. Kentwell of Castle Hill and he enlisted for service on the 22 August 1915. He named his father Mr. G. Kentwell of Victoria Street, Leichhardt as next of kin. He embarked for service overseas as a Private on the 20 December 1915 from Sydney aboard the HMAT ‘Aeneas’ to serve with the 17 Infantry Battalion.
Taken on strength, he was later transferred to the 53 Infantry Battalion. Tragically,
he died of wounds sustained in action on the 19 July 1916 at Fromelles, France. He
has no known grave and is remembered with honour at V.C. Corner Australian
Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles France. He was awarded the British War Medal and
the Victory Medal. These medals together with a Memorial Scroll and Memorial
Plaque were given to his foster mother Mrs. Lucy Buchanan. His name is
remembered on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Enlisted:--
Last Rank:-- Private
Last Unit:-- 53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:-- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:--
Schooling: --
Occupation:--- Furniture Polisher
Died:--- Killed in action, France, 19 July 1916
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Cover Photo --Portrait of 3541 Private (Pte) George Stanley ('Kenty') Kentwell of Leichhardt, NSW (left), 3606 Pte Charles Gladstone Quinn of Petersham, NSW (centre) and 3616 Pte Arthur Smith of Marrickville, NSW (right). All three men were members of the 8th Reinforcements of the 17th Battalion, but transferred to the 53rd Battalion as part of the 'doubling-up' of the AIF in April 1916, arriving in France for service on the Western Front in June 1916. Pte Kentwell was part of the second wave attack on Fromelles on 19 July 1916, but was mortally wounded in the stomach soon after leaving the Australian trenches. He succumbed to his wounds soon after, age 19. Pte, later Sergeant Smith was on a working party in the support lines at Anzac Ridge near Zonnebeke on 20 October 1917 when he was killed instantly by a German 'whiz-bang' shell, age 22. He was buried nearby, but the cross which marked his grave was lost and his remains were never recovered.
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George Stanley Kentwell - Service Number – 3541A
George Stanley Kentwell, aged 19 years, was a polisher by trade and lived in Victoria Street, Leichhardt, New South Wales. He was the grandson of Mr. Kentwell of Castle Hill and he enlisted for service on the 22 August 1915. He named his father Mr. G. Kentwell of Victoria Street, Leichhardt as next of kin. He embarked for service overseas as a Private on the 20 December 1915 from Sydney aboard the HMAT ‘Aeneas’ to serve with the 17 Infantry Battalion.
Taken on strength, he was later transferred to the 53 Infantry Battalion. Tragically,
he died of wounds sustained in action on the 19 July 1916 at Fromelles, France. He
has no known grave and is remembered with honour at V.C. Corner Australian
Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles France. He was awarded the British War Medal and
the Victory Medal. These medals together with a Memorial Scroll and Memorial
Plaque were given to his foster mother Mrs. Lucy Buchanan. His name is
remembered on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Gravesite Details
Private, 53rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action. Age: Unknown.
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