William BENNETTS

BENNETTS, William

Service Number: 3707
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, 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.
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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