Edward James BENNETTS

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Service Number:	6778
Enlisted:	25 February 1917
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Cottesloe, WA, 1897
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	North Kalgoorlie SS
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 30 April 1918
Cemetery:	Longpre-les-Corps Saints British Cemetery B 4, Longpre-les-Corps Saints British Cemetery, Longpre-les-Corps Saint, Abbeville, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie Central School Honour Roll, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll

25 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6778, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
29 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 6778, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 6778, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle
30 Apr 1918:	Involvement Private, 6778, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6778 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-30

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Son of Edward and Elizabeth Ann BENNETTS of Kalgoorlie, WA

Edward was the eldest of the family of three, and was the sole support, as his father died 13 years prior.