Herbert (Ben) BENNETT

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BENNETT, Herbert

Service Number:	5037
Enlisted:	20 August 1915, Ballarat, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 24 June 1890
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Urquhart Street State School, Ballarat, Victoria
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Passchencaele, Belgium, 25 October 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5037, 8th Infantry Battalion, Ballarat, Vic.
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5037, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5037, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Alfred and Minnie Bennett of 'Ravello', 14 Hoddle Street, Elsternwick, Victoria formerly of Ballarat, Victoria

Entered the Bank of NSW service at the age of 17. From the time he joined the Bank on 15th February 1907 until he left to enlist, he made steady progress being appointed ledger-keeper at Rochester in December 1909, assistant at Corryong in Jun 1911 and Germanton in April 1912. He went to Chiltern in October 1913 and on 18 August 1914 was appointed teller at Linton Victoria, and remained in that position until he left to enlist.

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