Alexander BENSON

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Service Number:	2373
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

22 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2373, 46th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
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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