Mervin Albert BENBOW

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Service Number:	853
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wandong, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Brighton Street State School, Richmond, Victoria
Occupation:	Rubber Worker
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 24, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Wandong War Memorial

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 853, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 853, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 853, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne

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Son of Thomas James and Harriett Benbow of 'Katoommba', Bellavista Street, Caulfield, Victoria

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