Benjamin HEMMINGS

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Service Number:	101
Enlisted:	4 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Peckham Parish, Camberwell, England, 2 August 1889
Home Town:	Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling:	Forest Hill, Sydenham, England
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 51, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

4 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 101, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
6 Nov 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Prior to embarking
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 101, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 101, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Arrived in Australia aged 25 years

Son of Willam and Sarah Ann Hemmings, Taylors Lane, Sydenham, England

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

Aslo served with the Boys Brigade, England