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