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WHILLANCE, Benny Gregson
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3253 |
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Enlisted: | 16 November 1916, Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Orbost, Victoria, Australia, 14 November 1891 |
Home Town: | Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria |
Schooling: | State School, Victoria |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 27 September 1917, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Plot XL1 Row A, Grave 10 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3253, 57th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne | |
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16 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3253, 57th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
16 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3253, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne |
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Benny Gregson WHILLANCE was born in Orbost, Victoria on 14th November, 1891
His parents were Robert Dawson WHILLANCE & Elizabeth Mayne RANKIN who married in Tasmania on 7th April, 1882
He married Kathleen Elizabeth HARKEN in Victoria in 1914 - two known children, Ernest & Ellen