Albert Lewis BENJAMIN

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Service Numbers:	822, 855
Enlisted:	31 March 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia, February 1882
Home Town:	Spotswood, Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	Humphrey St State School, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board

31 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 822, 24th Infantry Battalion
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 822, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 822, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
19 Dec 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 855, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to left leg
29 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 822, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Killed in Action

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