Godfrey Arthur BENNETT

BENNETT, Godfrey Arthur

    Service Number: 764
    Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
    Last Rank: Not yet discovered
    Last Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 July 1894
    Home Town: Canterbury, Boroondara, Victoria
    Schooling: Baldwyn State School, Victoria, Australia, Hawthorn college, Victoria
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 25, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, 764, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement 764, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked 764, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement 764, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 764 awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-04-25

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of George Jesse Bennett and Harriet Ann Bennett of Sprinvale Road, Tunstall, Victoria formerly of 8 Cross Street, Canterbury, Victoria. Brother of Reginald E. Bennett of 'Ashburton' Cross Street, Canterbury, Victoria and Henry Gordon Bennett CB, CMG, DSO who returned to Australia on 15 May 1919 having served with the 6th Battalion

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

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