Benjamin WINCHESTER

Regimental number3252
Place of birthBirkenhead, England
ReligionCongregational
OccupationIronworker
Address29 Queen's Road, Paddington, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs H Winchester, 8 Corbyn Street, Birkenhead, England
Enlistment date15 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 February 1917
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialGuards' Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 1), Lesboeufs, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
71
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Helen WINCHESTER
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal