Benjamin Frank LOVELL

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LOVELL, Benjamin Frank

Service Number:	924
Enlisted:	1 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Elliot, South Australia, 20 May 1889
Home Town:	Middleton, Alexandrina, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Natural causes, South Australia, 20 July 1980, aged 91 years
Cemetery:	Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

1 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 924, Morphettville, South Australia
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 924, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 924, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
26 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 924, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
25 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 924, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW (shoulder)
10 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Bullecourt (First)
10 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 924, 10th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First), 2nd occasion - GSW (leg)
25 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 924, 10th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

Wounded in action, France 25/7/1916. rejoined from wound 25/12/1916, wounded in action 9/4/1917.

Captured Reincourt, Prisioner of War 11/4/1917, Interned Lau, Germany.

Repatriated Prisoner of War to England 20/1/1918, amputated leg below knee.

Returned to Australia on "Dunluce Castle" 8/4/1918.

"Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lovell, of Middleton, have been notified that their son, Private B. F. Lovell, No. 924. is a prisoner of war in Germany, and suffering from gunshot wound in leg. He was previously reported wounded." - from the Adelaide Advertiser 23 Jul 1917 (nla.gov.au)

Biography contributed

Biography written by Gemma Mann, Endeavour College, SA attached as a document. Winning entry for 2021 Premier's Anzac Spirit School Prize.

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