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BENNETT, Claude de Bell Jamieson
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 4, Q194608 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Ordnance Corps (Northern Command) |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, 24 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Northgate, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 17 August 1971, aged 81 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 21 Nov 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 4, 1st Australian General Hospital, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Nov 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 4, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 17 Jul 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 4, 1st Australian General Hospital, 18 Mar 1916 - Convicted of sodomy and returned to Australia |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, Q194608 | |
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| 30 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, Q194608, Brisbane, Queensland | |
| 15 Jul 1941: | Discharged | |
| 15 Jul 1941: | Discharged Corporal, Q194608, Australian Army Ordnance Corps (Northern Command), Committed for Trial for sexual offences against adopted son |
Personal Stories
Conviction and custodial sentence
On Sunday the 26 October 1941, Brisbane's Truth newspaper (pp.18-19)reported that Bennett was, in the previous week, sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for "a dastardly offence" against a boy that Bennett had lawfully adopted with the full endorsement of the-then State Children's Department.
The Truth quoted J Philp characterising Bennett as "a monster" before his sentencing.
Submitted 24 September 2022 by Sandra Van Eyk
Biography contributed by John Edwards
Son of George Frederic Bennett and Amelia Matilda Jamieson
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