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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: Gray
  • Place of enlistment: Sydney, NSW
  • Service no: 18322
  • Rank: Driver
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  • Regiment/Service: Australian Engineers
  • Unit/Ship: 1st Signal Squadron

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: The Oakes, Dumaresq St, Gordon, NSW, Australia
  • Occupation: Electrician
  • Mother:

    Susan Bennett, 117 Kaslo St, Vancouver, Canada

  • Father:

    William Bennett, 117 Kaslo St, Vancouver, Canada

  • Siblings:

    Margaret, George, Charles, James, Beatrice, Susanna, William, Maria, John & David

  • Spouse:

    Voilet Anne Bennett, the Oakes, Dumaresq St, Gordon, NSW, Australia

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More about James Bennett

For more information on James, visit his Service Record.

James brother Pte David Bennett, 703578, 102nd Battalion Canadian Infantry, was killed in action, 27.09.1918. His brother William was lost at sea 07.05.1915 aboard R.M.S. Lusitania which was torpedoed and sunk by a German Submarine. Sgt John Patterson Bennett M.M. 532776, 13th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps survived as did George who served with the Black Watch, Charles and Hector were munition workers.

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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