BONNING, Alexander
| Service Numbers: | 2767, 2767B |
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| Enlisted: | 14 August 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 April 1882 |
| Home Town: | Cabramatta, Fairfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | GSW to face, secondary haemorrhage, Military Hospital, Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom, 28 September 1917, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dover (St. James's) Cemetery, Kent England Plot M, Row G, Grave No. 25 , St James Cemetery, Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2767, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2767, 34th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2767, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 10 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2767, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, GSW to face, secondary haemorrhage, DoW | |
| 28 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 2767B, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2767B awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date -28th September.....Private Alexander Bonning stated he was born at Brighton, Victoria on 6th April, 1882. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 21st August, 1916 as 34 year old, married, Engineer (from P.O. Cabramatta, Sydney, NSW)
Private Bonning embarked with 9th Infantry Brigade, 34th Infantry Battalion, 6th Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Beltana (A72) on 25th November, 1916 & disembarked at Devonport, England on 29th January, 1917. He was marched out out from Camp Details at Sutton Mandeville, Wiltshire to 9th Training Battalion at Durrington, Wiltshire on 6th March, 1917.
Private Bonning proceeded overseas to France on 22nd May, 1917 & joined 2nd Battalion on 10th June, 1917.
Private Bonning was wounded in action on 20th September, 1917 in France. He was invalided to England on Hospital Ship St. Denis on 27th September, 1917 with gunshot wounds to head & arm.
Private Alexander Bonning was admitted to Military Hospital, Dover, Kent, England on 27th September, 1917 dangerously ill with gunshot wounds to face, secondary haemorrhage. Sadly he died there at 2.10 pm on 28th September, 1917.
Private Alexander Bonning was buried in St. James Churchyard Cemetery, Dover, Kent, England where 7 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(Information has been received from Frank Benney who believes that Daniel Benney used the alias of “Alexander Bonning”.) - see full story in my research on the website
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/dover.html
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