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Roy BENNETT

Regimental number3766
Date of birth25 December 1894
Place of birthWest Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationIron moulder
Address203 Roslyn Street, West Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Rose Bennett, 203 Roslyn Street, West Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date31 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll22 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death5 October 1917
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialPerth Cemetery (China Wall) (Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. 19), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Rose BENNETT, husband of H.M. Elliott (formerly Bennett), 3 Eyres Avenue, Windmill Lane, Nottingham, England. Born at West Melbourne, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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