Henry William BENNETT

BENNETT, Henry William

    Service Number: 10
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
    Born: 2 September 1877, place not yet discovered
    Home Town: Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Natural causes , Cleveland, Queensland, Australia, 15 July 1952, aged 74 years
    Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
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    Boer War Service

    1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 10, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
    1 Mar 1900: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 10, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900.
    21 Jun 1901: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 10, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes 3rd QMI embarked 9 May 1901 at Cape Town returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901.

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    Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

    Henry William Bennett was born on 2 Sep 1877, a son to Henry William Bennett and Janet Sophia Bennett (nee Richardson) and prior to the war was working as a farmer around Warwick Qld. After returning from the Boer War in 1901 he returned to farming in Inglewood, Qld. He married Sarah Florence Gray on 7 Jan 1903 and they would go on to raise 12 children.

    (sources- extracted from Bio on Australian Boer War Memorial database provided by his grandson; Qld BDM Index).

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