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Gustav William BENSON

Regimental number3191
Place of birthForster New South Wales
SchoolForster Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFisherman
AddressForster, Cape Hawke, New South Wales
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Charles Benson, Forster, Cape Hawke, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date17 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name54th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/71/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 11 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll54th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Date of death5 October 1917
Age at death24
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. 4A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
158
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3190 Pte Ernest David BENSON, Australian Army Ordnance Corps, returned to Australia, 18 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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