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Edwin Ellis BENNION

Regimental number4257
Place of birthCharters Towers Queensland
SchoolCharters Towers Boys' Central State School, Qld
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationRailway employee
AddressCharters Towers, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, George Bennion, York Street, Charters Towers, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets and the 2nd Kennedy Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date2 October 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name31st Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/48/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 17 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 11 July 1917
Place of death or woundingWarneton, Messines, Belgium
Date of death11 July 1917
Age at death24.11
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialMud Corner British Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 13), Warneton, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
74
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Martha BENNION, York Street, Charters Towers, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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