Edward Henry BENSLEY

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Service Number:	3771
Enlisted:	3 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Middle Park State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Striker
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 12 November 1916
Cemetery:	Heilly Station Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot V, Row E, Grave No. 20. Personal Inscription: - "LOVED IN LIFE HONORED IN DEATH TREASURED IN MEMORY".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

3 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3771, 22nd Infantry Battalion
8 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 3771, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''

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Parents: - Edward Henry Bensley and Rosa Robins married 25th September 1889 in Yea, Victoria.

Wife: - Mary Veronica Kelly married 16th October 1915
Yea, Victoria, of Victoria Avenue, Albert Park, Victoria, Australia.