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BENSON, Alexander
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2373 |
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Enlisted: | 22 April 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Heathcote, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
Home Town: | Heathcote, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 11 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Panel 27, Ypres, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Tooborac War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
22 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2373, 46th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2373, 46th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
7 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2373, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
11 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2373, 46th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First), SW to scalp. Evacuated to hospital (France). Rejoined unit 15 August 1917. | |
26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2373, 46th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood | |
11 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2373, 46th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele |
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