George Henry BENNETT

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BENNETT, George Henry

Service Number:	1933
Enlisted:	13 February 1902, Lytton, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Born:	Hargraves, Mudgee District, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1872
Home Town:	Appin, Wollondilly, New South Wales
Schooling:	Marist Brothers Catholic School, Sydney, NSW
Occupation:	Bushman
Died:	Died of wounds, WW1, France, 20 April 1917, aged 45 years
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Plot: O. IX. C. 9.
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1933, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
13 Feb 1902:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1933, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Lytton, Brisbane, Qld.
25 Mar 1902:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 1933, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 527 notes 3rd BACH embarked 25 Mar 1902 aboard Englishman arriving Durban 10 May 1902.
19 Aug 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 1933, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 527 notes 3rd BACH embarked at Durban 11 Jul 1902 aboard Drayton Grange returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 13 Aug 1902, disbanded 19 Aug 1902.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Brother of Mrs. E BYRNE, Appin, NSW

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

George Henry Bennett was born in 1872 at Hargraves in the Mudgee District of New South Wales, a son to John and Anne Bennett. He was single when he enlisted for WW1 in 1916.

He served twice in the South African (Boer) War and again in WW1 where he died of wounds in France. His first service was as a Private S.N. 185 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Lance-Corporal S.N. 1933 in the 3rd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Boer War. Third service was as a Private S.N. 5307 in the 26th Infantry Battalion AIF, WW1.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 483 & 528; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier and WW1 service record).

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