Raymond BENSON MM, MID

BENSON, Raymond

Service Number: 912
Enlisted: 1 September 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Cheltenham, England, 15 January 1885
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Grocer
Died: Natural causes, Nowra, New South Wales, Australia, 26 April 1958, aged 73 years
Cemetery: Nowra General Cemetery
Grave renovated by Nowra RSL, 2018. Most decorated soldier buried in Cemetery
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World War 1 Service

1 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 912, 4th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 912, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 912, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
18 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 912, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Hand grenade exploded near his right shoulder and he was taken to H.S. Sicilia and operated on under anesthetic to remove several small pieces of shrapnel
27 Jan 1916: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli
18 Sep 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 912, 4th Infantry Battalion
17 Apr 1917: Honoured Military Medal, ANZAC / Gallipoli, On the night of 26th April 1915 At Gallipoli, this man carried 1,000 rounds over open ground to the Machine Gun Section and also kept two Companies supplied with ammunition for 24 hours this materially helping to save a critical situation

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Raymond's medals can be seen at the Maryborough Military & Colonial Museum