William BENDER

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Service Number:	17
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	A Squadron, New South Wales Mounted Infantry
Born:	Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, 5 February 1869
Home Town:	Tenterfield, Tenterfield Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Palmersfontein, South Africa, 19 July 1900, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	President Brand Cemetery, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tenterfield Boer War Memorial, Tenterfield Memorial School of Arts , Tenterfield School of Arts South African Campaign Memorial Entrance

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 17
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 17, A Squadron, New South Wales Mounted Infantry
3 Nov 1899:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 17, A Squadron, New South Wales Mounted Infantry, Embarked from Sydney on the Transport Ship "Aberdeen"
19 Jul 1900:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 17, A Squadron, New South Wales Mounted Infantry, Killed.

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