Roy BENNETT

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Service Number:	365
Enlisted:	14 January 1915, Enlisted at Hobart
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	10th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Public School, Fremantle, Western Australia
Occupation:	Bookkeeper
Died:	Died of wounds, Egypt, 11 September 1915
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row D, Grave 99, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Fremantle Municipality Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA

14 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 365, Enlisted at Hobart
17 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 365, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Surada embarkation_ship_number: A52 public_note: ''
17 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 365, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Surada, Fremantle
6 Sep 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 365, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounds to the head
11 Sep 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 365, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 365 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-09-11

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Son of Phillip Bennett of 46 Alexander Road, East Fremantle, WA

Wounds received aaat Hill 60, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal