Benjamin Watts HYDE

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Service Number:	3832
Enlisted:	28 July 1915, Black Boy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yeovil, Somerset, England, 1875
Home Town:	Cranbrook, Cranbrook, Western Australia
Schooling:	Yeovil School, Somerset, England
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 22 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cranbrook War Memorial, Cranbrook War Memorial Wall, Frankland War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

28 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3832, 11th Infantry Battalion, Black Boy Hill, WA
22 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3832, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
22 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3832, 11th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Fremantle
22 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3832, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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