Walter Henry BENNETT

BENNETT, Walter Henry

Service Number: 369
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 10th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Williamstown South Australia, 29 September 1883
Home Town: Williamstown, Barossa, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Gawler South Australia, 11 July 1950, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Williamstown Cemetery, Williamstown, South Australia
GRAVE/PLOT NO: Sec SC Block R Plot 9
Memorials: Mount Crawford Roll of Honor, Williamstown St. Peter's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

17 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 369, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Surada embarkation_ship_number: A52 public_note: ''
17 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 369, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Surada, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Netta Blatchford

Walter Henry BENNETT was born in Williamstown SA on 29th September 1883 to Mary Jane Patterson (1853 - 1915) and Henry George Bennett (1852 - 1929)

There were 11 children to that marriage.

Elizabeth Mary BENNETT                         (1876 – 1955)

Dorothea Sarah BENNETT                        (1878 – 1939)*Served in AIF(Nurse) 1918

Andrew George BENNETT                        (1879 – 1952)

Herbert James BENNETT                          (1882 – 1937)

Walter Henry BENNETT                            (1883 - 1950)

Mary Jane BENNETT                                  (1885 - 1981)

David William BENNETT                           (1886 - 1958)

Ethel May BENNETT                                  (1888 – 1890)

Beatrice Maud BENNETT                          (1890 – 1980)

Thomas Allen BENNETT                            (1891 – 1960)

Laurel Margaret BENNETT                       (1897 – 1942)

 

Walter Henry BENNETT never married.

Military service

Walter Henry BENNETT joined the AIF in Guildford WA on 9thDecember 1914. He was allocated Service No 364 and joined the 10th Light Horse Brigade in Claremont WA on 12th December 1914. He embarked from Fremantle WA on 17th February 1915 on HMAT “Surada”.

Walter served in Gallipoli and Egypt. His war records show he was in and out of hospital with Jaundice and bouts of Diarrhoea, and other “sicknesses”.

Walter returned to Australia on 26th August 1919 on HT “Delta”.

Walter was discharged as Medically Unfit with Jaundice on 21st December 1919

 

 

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