BENTON, Sydney Thomas
| Service Number: | 60176 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 24 November 1878 |
| Home Town: | Catherine Hill Bay, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | 6 May 1958, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-31. 14. |
| Memorials: | Catherine Hill Bay Great War Honour Roll of Soldiers |
World War 1 Service
| 25 May 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 60176, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW) | |
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| 4 Sep 1918: | Involvement Private, 60176, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1918: | Embarked Private, 60176, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), HMAT Bakara, Sydney | |
| 31 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 60176, 1st Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
67 years ago today, on the 30th May 1958, Private Sidney Thomas Benton, also spelt Sydney, 1st Battalion (Reg No-60176), miner from Mine Camp, Catherine Hill Bay, New South Wales and Newcastle?, N.S.W., father of five, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 79. ANGLICAN 1-31. 14.
Born at Newcastle, (Glebe) New South Wales on the 24th November 1878 as Sidney to Arthur Augustus, died 14.3.1923, 4 Selwyn Street, Merewether (Glebe), N.S.W., age 73, buried at ANGLICAN 1-21. 39, and Clementina Benton, died 3.8.1931, Newcastle Hospital, N.S.W. as Clemintina, age 80, sleeping at ANGLICAN 1-21. 37, mother of 6? sons, 1? daughter, from 4 Selwyn Street, Merewether (Glebe), N.S.W.; husband of Mildred Alice Benton nee Keighley, married 1902, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 22.2.1955, Newcastle, N.S.W., sleeping here, Sid enlisted as Sydney on the 30th May 1918 with the 16th N.S.W. Reinforcements, September-November 1918 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A41 Bakara on the 4th September 1918.
Disembarked London, England 14.11.1918.
Allotted to 1st Battalion 14.11.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 31.3.1919.
Did not serve in a theatre of war, therefore was not granted Victory Medal.
Sid arrived home invalided suffering from rheumatism on the 16th May 1919, being discharged on the 31st May 1919.
Mr. Benton’s name has been inscribed on the Catherine Hill Bay War Memorial, Catherine Hill Bay Honour Roll of Soldiers and the Catherine Hill Bay Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at Sid’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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