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Edmund Henry BENDER

Regimental number5660
Place of birthMudgee, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngine driver
AddressPO Kelso, via Bathurst, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 3.25"
Weight116 lbs
Next of kinFather, J. Bender, Kelso via Bathurst, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 June 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 13 February 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Kelso, Bathurst, New South Wales. Parents: Joseph and Sarah BENDER; Wife: Evelyn Silvester BENDER
Discharge date20 June 1917
Other details

War service: England

Embarked Sydney, 3 June 1916; admitted to Ship's Hospital, 29 June 1916; discharged, 30 June 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 3 August 1916.

Reclassified B2B, No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 6 October 1916.

Marched out of 1st Training Bn, Durrington, 5 January 1917, and marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, the same day.

Commenced return to Australia from Plymouth on board HT 'Benalla', 13 February 1917; disembarked, 13 April 1917; discharged (medically unfit: epilipsy and muscular atrophy), 20 June 1917.

Medal: British War Medal.

Death attributed to war service.
Date of death19 December 1915
Age at death44
Place of burialKelso Cemetery, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, BENDER Edmund Henry

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