Benjamin DALE

DALE, Benjamin

Service Number: 833
Enlisted: 12 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 19th Infantry Battalion
Born: Gravesend, Kent England, 1895
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: French Correspondent
Died: Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, Second Battle, 3 May 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

12 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 833, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
15 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 833, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
15 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 833, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George W. and Florence E. Dale of 109 Kingcross Road, London, England. Brother of Nellie Dale of the same address

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal