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Sidney Charles BENNETT

Regimental number5121
Place of birthWallaroo, South Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationCook
Address30 Park Street, Abbotsford, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinBrother, Walter John Bennett, Owen, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Boer War.
Enlistment date7 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A26 Armadale on 19 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 November 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Sidney spelt Sydney
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Date of death9 November 1916
Age at death31
Place of burialA.I.F. Burial Ground (Plot VII, Row A, Grave No. 7), Grass Lane, Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Albert and Annie BENNETT, husband of Ruby Christina BENNETT, 281 Argyle Street, Hobart Tasmania. Native of Wallaroo, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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