George BENHAM

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Service Number:	465
Enlisted:	26 August 1914, Previous Service - 44th Battery Australian Field Artillery
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Botany, New South Wales, Australia, 23 August 1890
Home Town:	Botany, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural Causes, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1 July 1951, aged 60 years
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cemetery Reference: Dodonaea, Garden N3, Bed 3, Rose 12
Memorials:

26 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 465, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Previous Service - 44th Battery Australian Field Artillery
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 465, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 465, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
25 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
27 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
30 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 465, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Wounded in Action - Gas

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