Samuel James BENNETT

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Service Numbers:	3257, 3257A
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lithgow, NSW, 29 October 1901
Home Town:	Lithgow, Lithgow, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dairyman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 April 1918, aged 16 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lithgow War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

2 Aug 1917:	Involvement Private, 3257, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
2 Aug 1917:	Embarked Private, 3257, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney
4 Apr 1918:	Involvement Private, 3257A, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3257A awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-04

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Samuel was only 16 years 5 months old when he was killed. His family epitaph reads- THY WILL, OH GOD, BE DONE.