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BENHAM, Gordon Earle
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1105 |
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Enlisted: | 16 September 1914 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Fulham, London, England, 1893 |
Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Thornton Heath, Surrey |
Occupation: | Pearl Diver - Sailor |
Died: | Died of wounds, Egypt, 8 July 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1105, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1105, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 1105, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
28 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Gordon was born in Fulham, London, England in 1893
His parents were Richard Kenyon BENHAM & Annie Louisa GREENWELL who married in England in 1888 (registered in Hampstead)