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Charles Stanley BENNETT

Regimental number2023
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFireman
AddressMile End, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs D M Pennett, 47 Darebin Street, Mile End, South Australia
Enlistment date16 March 1917
Rank on enlistment2nd Corporal
Unit nameRailway Unit, Section 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number15/9/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
FateReturned to Australia 6 May 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrother: 21928 Pte George Russell BENNETT, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 11 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death24 November 1952
Age at death61
Place of burialSt Jude's Church of England Cemetery, Brighton, South Australia

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