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Bennett Leonard MONTGOMERIE

Regimental number62330
Place of birthStreaky Bay, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressStreaky Bay, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, W M Montgomerie, Streaky Bay, South Australia
Enlistment date15 May 1918
Place of enlistmentPort Augusta, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th South Australian Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on 31 August 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 8 October 1919
Discharge date9 December 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 5442 Pte Herbert Leonard MONTGOMERIE MM, 27th Bn, returned to Australia, 4 June 1919; 5443 Pte John Spoteswood MONTGOMERIE, 27th Bn, returned to Australia, 19 October 1918.
Other details

War service: England, France (post-Armistice)

Entrained Adelaide, 29 August 1918; embarked Melbourne, 31 August 1918; disembarked London, England, 14 November 1918, and allocated to Reinforcements of 27th Bn.

Marched out to 5th Training Bn, 14 December 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 28 January 1919; taken on strength, 27th Bn, Belgium, 20 March 1919.

Detached to Australian Burial Detachment, 24 March 1919.

Marched out to England for return to Australia, 19 August 1919.

Commenced return to Australia from Southampton on board HT 'Devon', 8 October 1919; disembarked Adelaide, 24 November 1919; discharged, 9 December 1919.

Medal: British War Medal
Date of death2 November 1969
Age at death71
Place of burialArdrossan Cemetery, South Australia

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