Allan BENNETT

BENNETT, Allan

    Service Number: 1602
    Enlisted: 23 July 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1885
    Home Town: Claremont, Western Australia
    Schooling: Pleasant Street State School, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Grocer
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916
    Cemetery: Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery
    Plot II, Row E, Grave No 15
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Goldfields First Enlistments WWI Roll of Honor, Boulder Kalgoorlie Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1602, Depot Battalion , Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
    18 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1602, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
    18 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1602, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
    26 May 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 32nd Infantry Battalion
    17 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1602, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Transylvania"
    23 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1602, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1602, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Wounded in Action - G.S.W through the spine.
    20 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1602, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed in Action
    20 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1602, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1602 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-20

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    Biography contributed by John Edwards

    "...1602 Lance Corporal Allan Bennett, 32nd Battalion. A grocer from Claremont, WA, prior to enlistment on 22 July 1915, he embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Geelong (A2) four months later. L Cpl Bennett was killed in action in Fromelles, on 20 July 1916, while helping a fellow soldier who was also wounded. He was 31 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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