BENNETT, Wilfred Abraham
| Service Number: | 4916 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 October 1915, Ross, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Launceston, Tas., 1896 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Melbourne, Vic., 15 November 1953, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Section C11 Grave 167-8 (GRM/8 |
| Memorials: | Tasmania (Launceston) Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4916, 12th Infantry Battalion, Ross, Tas. | |
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| 18 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4916, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4916, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Samuel and Lily May BENNETT of 17 Thistle Street, Launceston, Tas.
THE funeral of Mr. Wilfred Abraham Bennett, who died suddenly in Melbourne, took place at Carr Villa Cemetery yesterday. Services at the funeral chapel and graveside were conducted by the Rev. F. Stewart, St. Oswald's Church, Trevallyn. Chief mourners were Jack (son), Stella (Mrs. A. Taylor) and Betty (daughters), Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Bennett (brother and sister-in-law), Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lockhart (sister and brother-in-law), Mrs. Phyllis Rogers (sister), Mr. Ron Bennett (brother), Mr. and Mrs. F. Steel (sister and brother-in-law), and Messrs. Rex, Donald and Stan Bennett, and Geoff, and Reginald Lockhart (nephews). Funeral arrangements were by C. T. Finney & Sons.
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