Benjamin Silvenious MOGG

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MOGG, Benjamin Silvenious

Service Numbers:	R/2132, 4562
Enlisted:	10 March 1915, Keswick,SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Jamestown, South Australia, 16 September 1894
Home Town:	Keith, Tatiara, South Australia
Schooling:	Central School, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

10 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, R/2132, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Keswick,SA
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 4562, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 4562, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, R/2132, 48th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: R/2132 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Benjamin Silvenious MOGG was born in Jamestown, South Australia on 16th September, 1894

His parents were Benjamin MOGG & Fanny FOWLER who married on 26th January, 1892 in Gumeracha, South Australia

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His brother Sydney Keith MOGG (SN 3413) served during WW1 in the 10th & the 50th Infantry Battalions and returned to Australia in 1919

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