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WW1 Service Record.

Regimental number        5037

Place of birth     Ballarat, Victoria

School  Urquhart Street State School, Ballarat, Victoria

Religion Methodist

Occupation        Clerk

Address 18 Pleasant Street North, Ballarat, Victoria

Marital status   Single

Age at embarkation        25

Next of kin         Father, Alfred Bennett

Previous military service               Nil

Enlistment date 20 August 1915

Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll     12 October 1915

Rank on enlistment         Private

Unit name          8th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement

AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/25/5

Embarkation details        Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 1 April 1916

Rank from Nominal Roll Private

Unit from Nominal Roll 8th Battalion

Fate       Killed in Action 25 October 1917

Place of death or wounding        Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium

Date of death    25 October 1917

Age at death      27

Age at death from cemetery records       27

Place of burial   No known grave.

SOURCE – AIF Project.

∼Herbert Bennett (SN 5037) from Pleasant Street in Ballarat was educated at the Urquhart Street State School.

 He was a keen sportsman and was a 25-year-old bank clerk at Linton when he enlisted on August 20th 1915.

 He left Australia on April 1st 1916 aboard the Suffolk and joined the 8th Battalion in France in June.

 He was killed in action at Passchendaele, Belgium, during the Third Battle of Ypres.

 He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres, Belgium, and on the honour board of the Urquhart Street State School.

He was 27 years of age.

Tree Information

•  Species: Ulmus x hollandica 'Purpurascens'
•  Planted By: Mr. C. Burrow
•  Plaque: 1572

SOURCE – Ballarat Avenue of Honour.