Frederick Arthur BENNETT

BENNETT, Frederick Arthur

    Service Number: 590
    Enlisted: 28 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Kelso, Roxbughshire, Scotland, 1884
    Home Town: Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Kelso Public School, Roxburgh, Scotland
    Occupation: Engine Driver
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 May 1915
    Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli
    Plot 111, Row F, Grave 17 Chaplain Rev. F. Wray officiated, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    28 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 590, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 590, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 590, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Arrived in Australia aged 27 years

    Son of William and Matilda Bennett of Queensbury House, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, Scotland. Brother of Maria Fyfe nee Bennett of Sheffield, England

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    He had previously trained as an Electrician

    Also served in the British Army's Scot Guards for about 3 years plus a further 7 years in the Reserves

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