BENNETT R.R.B.
Given Names: Rupert Rodney Boyd
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Unit: September 1916 Reinforcement
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Paybook Number: 156400
Age: 23 Yrs 6 Mths
Occupation: Civil Engineer
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Church of England
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 21/6/1915
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: BROTHER E J Bennett
Stratford Avenue, Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 17/7/1915
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Orsova A67
END OF WAR
Status: Returned to Australia
Ship: Sardinia
Embarked: 28/10/1918
Disembarked: 27/12/1918
Unit: 2nd Division Engineering
Rank: Lieutenant
Discharge Date: 20/11/1919
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MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: 5552
British War Medal: 57122
Victory Medal: 55706
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BIRTH
Date or Year: 23/11/1892
Place: Richmond, Victoria
Father: Alfred BENNETT
Mother: Harriet O'BRIEN
MARRIAGE
Year: 1923
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Spouse: Doris Winifred LANGHORNE
DEATH
Date or Year: 9/11/1967
Place: Heidelberg, Victoria
Burial: Springvale, Victoria
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
Suffered Enteric Fever ex Gallipoli
Returned to Australia 21/1/1916 Kanowna;
2nd Term embarked 7/10/1916 from Sydney, HMAT Ceramic (A40)
Served at Gallipoli with 5th FCE from 5/9/1915
MEMORIALS
Kew War Memorial
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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