BENNETT, George Peter
Service Number: | SX5981 |
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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 |
World War 2 Service
20 Jun 1940: | Involvement Private, SX5981, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion | |
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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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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