Granville BENNETT

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Service Number:	2895
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Golborne, Lancashire, England, 1900
Home Town:	Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 16 October 1917
Cemetery:	Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais - Hauts-de-France Grave no. 2188, Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Wimereux, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

14 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2895, 31st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
14 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2895, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded 2895, 8th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, Hit by a shell at about 6am 04/10/1917 somewhere in front of Zonnebeke during the attack on Passchendaele. Admitted to No. 8 Stationary Hospital suffering from G.S.W. to back, head & face. Died at 9.55pm on 16/10/1917.
16 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 2895, 8th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2895 awm_unit: 8th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-16

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