Regimental number | 402 |
School | Peakhurst Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Bus driver |
Address | Forest Road, Peakhurst, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Eliza Ann Bennett, Forest Road, Peakhurst, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in AN&MEF, New Guinea, 1914. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 17th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/34/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A32 Themistocles on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 17th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died in Wandsworth Hospital, London; buried in Wandsworth Cemetery. His great-grandfather fought at Waterloo; his grandfather fought in the Crimean War and in the Indian Mutiny. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, France |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 28 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Wandsworth Cemetery (Aust. 27), London |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 82 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Frederick Robert and Eliza Ann BENNETT, "Windsor", Forest Road, Peakhurst, New South Wales |