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BENSON, Raymond
Personal Details
Service Number: | 912 |
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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 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
1 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 912, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Raymond's medals can be seen at the Maryborough Military & Colonial Museum