LEST WE FORGET
Air Mechanic First Class Clarence Linzee GENT
Service No: 142
Born: Shepparton VIC, May 1892
Enlisted in the Army: 10 March 1916
Unit: No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Died: Injuries from a Ground Accident, Palestine, 13 December 1917, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Gaza War Cemetery, Gaza, Israel
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Samuel and Eleanor M. Gent, of 19 Knowles Street, Northcote, Victoria, Australia
Place of Association: Shepparton VIC
Remembered: Panel 188, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Air Mechanic Gent died from extensive burns received when he attempted to light a stove with petrol. There was an explosion and he was covered in flaming liquid.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record B2455, GENT C L
Bibliography:
Lax, M. (Mark) (editor) One Man’s War: Aircraft Mechanic Joe Bull’s Personal diaries 1916-9, Banner Books, Maryborough QLD 4650, 1997
Roberts, E.G. (Eric Glendower) (250197) Box Kites and Beyond, The Hawthorn Press Melbourne VIC 3000, 1976
Sutherland, L. W. (Leslie) Aces and Kings, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1935
Williams, Sir R. (Richard) (1) These are Facts: the Autobiography of Air Marshal Sir Richard Williams KBE, CB, DSO, Australian War Memorial and Australian Government Publishing Service, 1977 – Chapters 3-9