Regimental number | 563 |
Place of birth | Sydney New South Wales |
School | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Phillip Street, Neutral Bay, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Next of kin | Jane Bennett, Phillip Street, Neutral Bay, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Lance Corporal |
Unit name | 1 Divisional Train (1 to 4 Coys Army Service Corps) October, 1914 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 25/14/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A19 Afric on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Commissioned as Lieutenant; posted to 4th Battalion. Wounded on two occasions prior to being killed. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 30 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 30 |
Place of burial | Tyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XL, Row D, Grave No. 2), Passchendaele, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 39 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William Christopher and Sarah Jane BENNETT. Native of Neutral Bay, New South Wales |