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BENAIM, Basil Quilhampton

Service Number:	123
Enlisted:	13 March 1915, "A" Company Taken and Subscribed at Balaarat.
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Moliagul, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Urquhart Street State School No.2103, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Kew, Victoria, Australia, 23 December 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Boroondara (Kew) General Cemetery, Victoria Memorial Tablet 123 Sergeant/B.Q. Benaim/24 Battalion/23 Dec 1965 age 72
Memorials:	Ballarat St. Peter's Anglican Church S.P.Y.C.G. WWI Roll of Honor, Ballarat St. Peters Anglican Church WWI Roll of Honour, Moliagul School Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

13 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 123, 24th Infantry Battalion, "A" Company Taken and Subscribed at Balaarat.
10 May 1915:	Embarked Sergeant, 123, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 123, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
5 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 123, 24th Infantry Battalion, Gun Shot Wound, head (mild)
16 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 123, 24th Infantry Battalion, Wounded in Action, Gun Shot Wound/Bomb Wound, right leg
30 Jan 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 123, 24th Infantry Battalion, For return to Australia per HMAT A14 Euripides, for discharge. Gun Shot Wound right leg, compound fracture tibia.
18 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 123, 24th Infantry Battalion, Medical Discharge

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