486 Sergeant (or Corporal) Henry Augustus Bennett (not Bennet as on his grave marker), New South Wales Imperial Bushmen. Volunteered for service in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War. He was killed in action at Rieckertsdam (or Rucherstdam), Transvaal, about 15km north of Groot Marico. He is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour at Treloar Crescent, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia and on the Grenfell Boer War Memorial in Weddin Shire Memorial Park, Mid Western Highway & Burrangong Street, Grenfell, Weddin, New South Wales, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/3068).
486 Sergeant (or Corporal) Henry Augustus Bennett (not Bennet as on his grave marker), New South Wales Imperial Bushmen. Volunteered for service in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War. He was killed in action at Rieckertsdam (or Rucherstdam), Transvaal, about 15km north of Groot Marico. He is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour at Treloar Crescent, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia and on the Grenfell Boer War Memorial in Weddin Shire Memorial Park, Mid Western Highway & Burrangong Street, Grenfell, Weddin, New South Wales, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/3068).
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