Regimental number | 34393 |
Place of birth | Hobart, Tasmania |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Orchardist |
Address | Nubeena, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Height | 5' 3.5" |
Weight | 144 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Dr H Benjafield, Albert Park, Moonah, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Member of the Nubeena Rifle Club. Previously rejected for AIF enlistment on account of height. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Hobart, Tasmania |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade, March 1917 Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/128/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Cousin (distant): 29919 Gunner Eric William BENJAFIELD, 5th Field Artillery Brigade, died of wounds, 14 April 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 11 May 1917; admitted to ship's hospital, at sea, 7 June 1917; discharged from ship's hospital, 9 June 1917 (no further details recorded); disembarked Devonport, England, 20 July 1917; marched in to Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery, Larkhill, 21 July 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 18 September 1917; taken on strength, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Belgium, 24 September1917, and posted to No 2 Section. Wounded in action, 30 September 1917 (gun shot wound, back), and admitted to 17th Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to Ambulance Train No 126, 1 October 1917, and admitted to 22nd General Hospital, Dannes, 2 October 1917; transferred to England, 12 October 1917, and admitted to Berrington War Hospital, Shrewsbury, 13 October 1917. Transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 7 November 1917; to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 9 November 1917; to No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 15 November 1917. Admitted to Camp Isolation Hospital, Hurdcott, 7 January 1918 (scabies); marched out from Isolation Hospital to Overseas Training Brigade, Longbridge Deverill, 15 March 1918; marchedout to Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery, Heytesbury, 28 March 1918. Found guilty, 5 April 1918, of being out bounds in Trowbridge on a Salisbury pass: awarded 6 days confined to barracks. Proceeded overseas to France, 7 May 1918. Transferred to 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, 17 May 1918. Admitted to 1st Casualty Clearing Station, 5 August 1918 (enteritis); transferred to Ambulance Train No 4, 14 August 1918, and admitted same day to 16th US General Hospital, Le Treport (diarrhoea); to 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, Havre, 25 August 1918; discharged to Base Depot, 5 September 1918; rejoined unit, in the field, 12 September 1918. Admitted to 2nd Australian Field Ambulance, 24 October 1918 (influenza); discharged to duty, 4 November 1918. On leave to United Kingdom, 12 February 1919. Leave extended, 13 March to 13 July 1919 (Non-Military Employment, with pay and subsistence of 6/- per day: experience in fruit packing and export, with F.W. Moore & Co, Arthur Street, London. Marched in to No 2 Group, Sutton Veny, 28 July 1919. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Ajana', 19 August 1919; disembarked Sydney, 9 October 1919, for onward travel to Tasmania; discharged, Hobart, 13 December 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BENJAFIELD Eric |