Harry James BENNETT

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Service Number:	NX103287
Enlisted:	6 August 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Field Ambulance
Born:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia , 4 July 1921
Home Town:	Mayfield East, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Pastry Cook
Died:	Illness, New Guinea, 6 January 1945, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Burial Reference ~ Plot B, Row A, Grave 8. Personal Inscription ~ "TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE...R.I.P.".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX103287
6 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX103287, 2nd Field Ambulance

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