Raymond Charles BENNETT

BENNETT, Raymond Charles

    Service Number: 2345
    Enlisted: 28 May 1915, Birchip, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Birchip, Victoria, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Birchip, Buloke, Victoria
    Schooling: Birchip State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Died of wounds, At sea on board HMHS Devanha off Gallipoli, 17 December 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    His name is located on panel 71 in the commemorative area at the Australian War Memorial,
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birchip War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    28 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Birchip, Victoria
    10 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2345, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Persia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    10 Aug 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2345, 14th Infantry Battalion, RMS Persia, Melbourne
    9 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2345, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    16 Dec 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2345, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to chest. He was evacuated to HMHS Devanha where he died of his wounds the next day 17 December 1915 between Gallipoli and Mudros and was buried at sea.

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Pte 2345 Raymond Charles Bennett died of GSW on 17 December 1915. He was reportedly rolling up his pack ready to be evactuated when a stray bullet went through his shoulder and out his neck.

    He died on HMHS Devanha between Gallipoli and Mudros and was buried at sea.

    On Birchip War Memorial.

    Source: Gallipoli Heroes, p.13

    Biography

    His name is located on panel 71 in the commemorative area at the Australian War Memorial

    Memorial details: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey

     

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