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BENSON, Charles William
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 3462, 3462A |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 January 1916, Recruitment Office - Rockhampton |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Sapper Charles W. Benson was killed in action on June 10, 1917 and was buried on the West Bank of the Yser Canal in the northern outskirts of Ypres, Belgium reported the Director of Graves on November, 21, 1917. The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, often referred to simply as the Menin Gate, bears the names of more than 54,000 soldiers who died before 16 August 1917 and have no known grave. Between October 1914 and September 1918 hundreds of thousands of servicemen of the British Empire marched through the town of Ypres's Menin Gate on their way to the battlefields. The memorial now stands as a reminder of those who died who have no known grave and is perhaps one of the most well-known war memorials in the world., Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Charters Towers Queenton State School Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3462, Mining Corps, Recruitment Office - Rockhampton | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 3462, Mining Corps, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 3462, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Mining Corps | |
| 20 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 3462, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Uganda, Fremantle | |
| 20 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 3462, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 3462A, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3462A awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-10 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Charles William Benson was born in Charters Towers, Queensland in 1892, one of five children of Andrew Peter Benson and Frances Catherine (formerly Beale).