BENNIE, Albert
| Other Name: | BENNIE, Albert Aubrey - RoH Circular |
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| Service Number: | 2791 |
| Enlisted: | 7 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lancefield, Vic., 1885 |
| Home Town: | Woodford, Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Painter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newmarket Baptist Church Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial, Woodford-Bushfield War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2791, 8th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 15 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2791, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2791, 8th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James and Louisa Alice Bennie, of Woodford, Victoria
BENNIE.—In loving and ever affectionate memory of Bert, our highly esteemed friend and fellow shopmate, who was killed on active service.
For King and country.
Not lost to those that loved him;
Not dead, but gone before;
He lives with us in memory still,
And will for evermore.
—(Inserted by his fellow shopmates, Dalgety's Motor Works.)
BENNIE.—Killed in action, in France, on the 25th July, Private Albert (Bert) Bennie, fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. James Bennie, of Woodford, and late of Ascotvale, brother of Will, Fred, Ern, Charlie, Rose, and Walter, aged 31 years.
His duty done.
The members of the local Scottish Society, and particularly those of them who foregathered at the cricket matches, will have noted with deep regret that the hero of many a hard-fought game has laid down his life that the world might be free from the brutality and militarism of Germany. "Our Bert" was a general favourite. His quiet, unassuming manner, his "straightness" and honesty of purpose, his modesty, though standing far above his comrades in skill, endeared him to all who knew him. He has bowled his last ball, he has made his last stand at the wickets, the last great decision has been made against him, and he is "cut" as far as this life is concerned. We who are left to mourn his loss feel sure that in the greaater game, he played a noble part and took his dismissal like a soldier and a man. To his sorrowing relatives we extend our deepest sympathy. Cut off from their association at so early a stage, their grief must be sore. But they have the consolation of knowing that he died for his country and that the world might escape from the ever threatening wave of the "mailed fist". He has crossed the bourne from which no traveller ere returns, but his memory will aye be kept green among his comrades of the cricket club and his friends in the so- ciety.
"The sweet remembrance of the just
Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust"
ROLL OF HONOR. (1916, September 7). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning.. Retrieved February 5, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74594049
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