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BENNETTS, Frederick
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1455, 513 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 December 1914, Bendigo, Vic |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 24 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. 24, Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Daours, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Buckley Street Methodist Sunday School, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1455, 8th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1455, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1455, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1455, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1455, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Krithia | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Gallipoli. Also allocated new SN 513. | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 513, 2nd Field Company Engineers, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 11 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, AIF Depot, England | |
| 16 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Belgium | |
| 14 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 513, 2nd Field Company Engineers, German Spring Offensive 1918, Hazebrouck | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 513, 2nd Field Company Engineers, The Battle of Amiens | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 513, 2nd Field Company Engineers, "The Last Hundred Days", GSW to abdomen sustained during the attack on Chuignes, France. Evacuated to 61st CCS however died of wounds the next day 24 August 1918. |
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