{"id":2719,"date":"2016-04-02T09:21:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T09:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leebraden.net\/?page_id=2719"},"modified":"2016-09-16T09:49:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T09:49:12","slug":"grandpa-kent","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/leebraden.net\/?page_id=2719","title":{"rendered":"Grandpa Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ernest James Kent, the sixth child of Richard and Sarah, was born in North Melbourne, in Victoria, in April of 1891. He died in Boronia, in Victoria, on the 26th<\/sup> April 1971.<\/p>\n

In 1916, as a private soldier and a very young man, having survived the horrors of Gallipoli, he was sent to bolster the Australian troups on the Western Front. I have transcribed his diary<\/a> from this time, and it follows. Although suffering significant, and life-lasting, injuries from that awful period, he was one of those fortunate enough to return home to Australia. Back home he made himself particularly useful. Among his many achievements were the introduction of electricity to the Healesville region, and a significant presence in, and contribution to, the sphere of field naturalism. He was a Justice of the Peace and a very decent and highly respected fellow. He had a wry sense of humour and a curious\u00a0sense of music. He was my grandpa. He lived at \u2018our place\u2019 in his latter years, wherein he wrote a brief overview of our family history, from the time of our arrival on these shores, which he entitled \u201cOne Hundred Years<\/a>\u201d. It contains some illuminating insights into early Melbourne, and particularly into the genesis of the fire brigades which service our beautiful city.<\/p>\n

One_Hundred_Years<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A family history describing the founding of the city of Melbourne<\/p>\n

Grandpa’s war diary<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

One Australian soldier’s account of daily life in the trenches\u00a0on the Western Front in 1916<\/p>\n

Healesville & Yarra Glen Guardian – 10\u00a0July1926<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A comprehensive account of the same soldier’s contribution to the generation and maintenance of\u00a0the electricity supply for\u00a0the Healesville district in 1926, ten years after his return from the Front.<\/p>\n

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\"Grandpa's<\/a>
Grandpa’s 1916 diary from the Somme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"1916<\/a>
1916 War Diary – inside pocket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"1916<\/a>
1916 War Diary – pocket contents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"1916<\/a>
1916 War Diary – Grandpa’s Machine Gunner’s insignia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"1916<\/a>
1916 War Diary – sample May 7th<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"1916<\/a>
1916 War Diary – sample Oct 2nd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Grandpa<\/a>
Grandpa Kent, survived gassing to return home to Australia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Gt<\/a>
Gt Uncle Willie McKenzie, brother of grandpa’s wife,\u00a0died\u00a0on the Western Front<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""This<\/a>
“This grouping of star groups is used greatly in our night work. The Pole Star is North. The W & the plough, or Great Bear as it is called, revolve toward the Pole Star.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Electrical Exhibition in Healesville, 1928<\/h2>\n

Engineer-In-Charge: Ernie Kent<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Electrical<\/a>
Electrical Exhibition Healesville 1928 p1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Electrical<\/a>
Electrical Exhibition Healesville 1928 p2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Electrical<\/a>
Electrical Exhibition Healesville 1928 p3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Electrical<\/a>
Electrical Exhibition Healesville 1928 p4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ernest James Kent, the sixth child of Richard and Sarah, was born in North Melbourne, in Victoria, in April of 1891. He died in Boronia, in Victoria, on the 26th April 1971. In 1916, as a private soldier and a very young man, having survived the horrors of Gallipoli, he was sent to bolster the … Continue reading Grandpa Kent<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2752,"parent":0,"menu_order":16,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2719","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/leebraden.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/leebraden.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/leebraden.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leebraden.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leebraden.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2719"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/leebraden.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2849,"href":"http:\/\/leebraden.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2719\/revisions\/2849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leebraden.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/leebraden.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}