Claud DENT

Regimental number10571
Place of birthNapier
OccupationRailway clerk
Next of kinMother, Mrs E W Dent, Brighton Road, Parnell, Auckland
Rank on embarkationGunner
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 12th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), New Zealand Field Artillery, No 6 Howitzer Battery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 6 May 1916
Final rankSergeant
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of disease 1 January 1920
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialPurewa Public Cemetery (Block F, Row 39, Grave No 26), Auckland
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mary Dent, Ngatea, Hauraki Plains, and the late Edward Dent
Medals

Meritorious Service Medal


Source: 'London Gazette'

Family/military connectionsBrother: 78108 Hugh Samuel Edward DENT
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: Meritorious Service Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 31, p. 12