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BENHAM, Alfred Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2249 |
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Enlisted: | 14 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool,NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Botany, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Bay Street Superior Public School, Botany, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Died of wounds, 19th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 15 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row K, Grave 5 Rev. A.J. Oliphant officiated Headstone inscription reads: Beloved son of J & B Benham of Botany, N.S.W. He was one of the best, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
14 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2249, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool,NSW | |
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14 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2249, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
14 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2249, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Sydney | |
9 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2249, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the head |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Jessie and Barbara Benham of Tenterden Street, Botany, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served for 2 years in the 24th Battalion of the Citizen Military Forces with the rank of Lieutenant
He was the first soldier to pay the supreme sacrifice who had been born in the Botany Municipality