Frank Rupert BENNETT

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Service Number:	3496
Enlisted:	17 October 1916, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia, 9 March 1887
Home Town:	New Town, Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Assistant School Master
Died:	Broncho Pneumonia, 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, France, 4 November 1918, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 35
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour

17 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3496, 40th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
30 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 3496, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1917:	Embarked Private, 3496, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
4 Nov 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 3496, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3496 awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-11-04

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