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Edward James BENNETTS

Regimental number1559
Date of birth29 July 1878
Place of birthGolden Square, Bendigo, Victoria
SchoolGolden Square State School, Bendigo, Victoria; Golden Square State School, Victoria
ReligionProtestant
OccupationMiner
Addressc/o W H Bennetts, Crystal Street, North Broken Hill, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinMrs M Bennetts, Booth Street, Golden Square, Bendigo, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date19 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 15 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death15 May 1915 (died of wounds at sea)
Age at death37
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 32), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
58
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Was at the landing. Died of wounds at sea on board HMT 'Gascon', 15 May 1915.

Medals:1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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