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BENNETTS, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3707 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 August 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Zonnebeke, Belgium, 27 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Buckley Street Methodist Sunday School Honor Roll, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
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World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3707, 5th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3707, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3707, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3707, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3707, 5th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
| 4 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3707, 5th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) | |
| 10 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Belgium | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3707, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Menin Road | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3707, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 27 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3707, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Third Ypres |
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