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HIGNETT, Benjamin Claude

Service Number:	15584
Enlisted:	14 May 1917
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 13 July 1894
Home Town:	Kyneton, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Brighton Road School then Mia Mia State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Sheep Station Overseer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 September 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France,
Memorials:	Alphington Soldiers Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mia Mia State School No 952 Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

14 May 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 15584, Royal Australian Army Service Corps
2 Feb 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 15584, Royal Australian Army Service Corps, Embarked from Sydney on HMAT "Wiltshire".
4 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion, Transferred after training in England.
15 Aug 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 15584, 46th Infantry Battalion, Embarked for France from Folkestone.
17 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 15584, 46th Infantry Battalion
18 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 15584, 46th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal
20 Sep 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 15584, 46th Infantry Battalion, K.I.A.
Date unknown:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 15584, 46th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Percy Norman and Mary Hignett, of Kaneira, Victoria