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BENSON, Claude Corderoy
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 2332, N347504 |
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Enlisted: | 30 July 1942 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 5 Base Ordnance Depot |
Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 18 August 1894 |
Home Town: | Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Tailor |
Died: | Illness, 113th Military Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 5 October 1943, aged 49 years |
Cemetery: |
Rookwood Sydney War Cemetery, New South Wales Burial reference: - Plot N, Row B, Grave 8, Sydney. Personal Inscription: - HE HATH FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE". |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2332, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
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20 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2332, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
30 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, N347504 | |
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5 Oct 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, N347504, 5 Base Ordnance Depot |
Personal Stories
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Parents: - Hayward James Benson and Emily Harriett Corderoy married 1880, Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia,
Wife: - Helen Arthur Young married 1913, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia