Benjamin Davies JOHNS MID

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Service Number:	2153
Enlisted:	7 April 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Pembrokeshire, Wales, 1889
Home Town:	Katanning, Western Australia
Schooling:	Martletwy School, Wales
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row I, Grave 20, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

7 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2153, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
6 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2153, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2153, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Fremantle
11 Dec 1915:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Received for actions on 6 August 1915 at Leane's Trench Mention in Despatches awarded, and promulgated, London Gazette, Supplement, Number 29455 on 28 January 1916; Commonwealth Gazette Number 44 on 6 April 1916.

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Arrived in Australia aged 20 years

Son of Caroline Johns of Pembrokeshire, Wales

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served with the Kojunup Light Horse, WA