Regimental number | 764 |
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria |
School | Baldwyn State School No 1026, Victoria |
Other training | Hawthorn College, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 8 Cross Street, Canterbury, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 9" |
Weight | 168 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, George J. Bennett, 8 Cross Street, Canterbury, Victoria |
Previous military service | Senior Cadets (2 years); 48th Regiment, Citizen Military Forces (1 year) |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Lance Sergeant |
Unit name | 6th Battalion, G Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/23/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | Nominal Roll (incorrectly) states date of death as 24 April 1915. |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 20.9 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 25), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George Jesse and Harriet Ann BENNETT, Springvale Road, Tunstall, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother: Brigadier-General Henry Gordon BENNETT CB, CMG, DSO, 6th Bn, returned to Australia, 15 May 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 5 April 1915. Posted missing in action, Gallipoli Peninsula, 25 April 1915. Court of Enquiry, Erquingham, France, 24 April 1916, pronounces fate as 'Killed in Action, Gallipoli Peninsula, 25 April 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BENNETT Godfrey Arthur |