BENNETT, Sidney
| Service Number: | 4732 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1915, Gilgandra, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, 1890 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: | Gilgandra Coo-ee March Gallery |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4732, 13th Infantry Battalion, Gilgandra, NSW | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4732, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4732, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of H Bennett, Hornsey David Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Sidney trained at Liverpool and embarked for Egypt on the HMAT Star of England on March 8, 1916. He arrived in France with the 45th Battalion in June 1916, experienced fighting at Pozieres in the Somme and was promoted to Lance Corporal on August 24, 1916. After recovering in England from a gunshot wound to his left forearm and facing several charges of being absent without leave, Sidney was sent back to France in time for the 54th Battalion’s last major battle of the war at St Quentin Canal on September 29, 1918. Sidney returned to Australia on the Devanha on May 8, 1919 and was discharged in Sydney on July 19, 1919.
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