George Peter BENNETT

BENNETT, George Peter

Service Number: SX5981
Enlisted: 20 June 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born: Norwood, SA, 16 May 1920
Home Town: Norwood (SA), South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Packer
Died: Killed in Action, Papua, 8 September 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Plot B3, Row B, Grave 19 Roll of Honour Norwood, Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Kensington & Norwood Honour Roll World War II Book and Case
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World War 2 Service

20 Jun 1940: Involvement Private, SX5981, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
20 Jun 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
20 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX5981, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1940: Embarked For Middle East on board Mauritania
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography

2/27 Battalion

Rank - Private

24 November 1940 - Disembarked in the Middle East

6 November 1941 - Admonished for disobeying an order

29 January  1942 - Embarked at Middle East

7 April 1942 - To hospital inflammed lung

7 August 1942 - Embarked at Brisbane

14 August 1942 - Disembarked at Prot Morseby

Son of William and Georgina Bennett, of Norwood, South Australia