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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, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
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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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