Regimental number | 1512 |
Place of birth | Charters Towers, Queensland |
Religion | Baptist |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Friezland, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | A P Benson, Friezland, Queensland |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 25th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/42/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 25th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 21 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | La Plue Diyve Farn Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 3), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 103 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Andrew Peter and Francis Catherine BENSON, Crib Point Point Office, Victoria. Native of Charters Towers, Queensland |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 3462A Pte Charles William BENSON, killed in action, Messines, Belgium; 278 Oscar BENSON, returned to Australia. |