Kenneth Owen De Cent

Forenames

Kenneth Owen AWMM

Surname

De Cent AWMM

Service number

WWI 23471 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Place of birth

Ormond, Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of Joseph Thomas & Sarah DE CENT of Gisborne

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Address before enlistment

Box 223, Gisborne

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Next of kin

Mrs K. Wake (aunt), 266 Aberdeen Road, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 23471 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Accountant/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 27 May 1916-27 Jul 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 55 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 13th Reinforcements Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Captain/Military AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Kenneth De Cent was the son of Joseph Thomas and Sarah De Cent, of Gisborne, New Zealand.

He is commemorated on the bell Beaumont Hamel given by Norman Gordon De Cent and Marjorie L.F. De Cent for the National War Memorial Carillon, Wellington. Hugh Edward Wood is commemorated on the same bell.

Next of Kin: Mr J. T. De Cent, Roebuck Rd, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

12 Apr 1918 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1, Somme, France AWMM VI. A. 34. AWMM

Obituary

• DE CENT.—In loving remembrance of Captain Ken De Cent, died of wounds at Walton Hospital on the 12th April, 1918, and of Rifleman Hugh Wood, killed in action in France on the 15th May, 1918, loved brothers of Mr. and Mrs. De Cent, Trentham
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 February 2024 - EVENING POST, VOLUME XCVII, ISSUE 113, 15 MAY 1919, PAGE 1
• The sad advice that Capt. K. O. De Cent had died of wounds on 12th, has been received by his father, Mr J. T. De Cent. 3S Lytton road, Capt. De Cent left with the 13th reinforcements and had a successful military career, being twice promoted on the field, receiving his captaincy in September last. He was prior to his enlistment, secretary manager of the Co-operative Meat Company He was also an athlete, being identified with athletic sports of all descriptions.
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 May 2023 - GISBORNE TIMES, VOLUME XLIX, ISSUE 4849, 22 APRIL 1918, PAGE 4

Memorial name

• National War Memorial Carillon, 41 Buckle Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne Boys' High School, 80 Stanley Road, Te Hapara, Gisborne AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20996369
  Further Reference
• Ministry of Culture and Heritage. The National War Memorial, The Carillon, Hall of Memories, The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, National War Memorial Park, Wellington.
  http://www.mch.govt.nz/nz-identity-heritage/national-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/82731/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/82731
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  33: 13
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• HMNZT 55 - The Crusader : official organ of Thirteenth Reinforcements aboard H.M.N.Z.T. No.55 -- London : Printed by Spottiswoode Ballantyne and Co. Ltd.