Kenneth Owen DE CENT

Regimental number23471
OccupationAccountant
Next of kinAunt, Mrs K Wake, 266 Aberdeen Road, Gisborne
Rank on embarkation2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 13th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 27 May 1916
Final rankCaptain
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 12 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialDoullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 1 (Plot VI, Row A, Grave No 34), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph Thomas and Sarah De Cent, Gisborne
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 33, p. 13

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