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Ormond Wm. Craigie BENNETT

Regimental number2972
Place of birthGeelong, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationArtist
Address3 Page Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs O Bennett, 3 Page Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date29 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name5th Field Company Engineers
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/24/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 24 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Field Company Engineers
FateKilled in Action 26 August 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Ormond William
Place of death or woundingPozi?res, France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialSunken Road Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 10), Contalmaison, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
23
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and the late Mrs BENNETT, husband of Mrs B.V. BENNETT, 20 Bridge Street, Northcote, Victoria. Native of Geelong, Victoria

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