BENN  N.S.

Given Names:  Norman Lacey (Sacey)

               

Service Number:  5334

Unit:  14th Battalion, 17th reinforcements                                                                         

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  13963

 

Age:  27 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  3¾ In                  

Weight:  125 Lbs

Chest:  32-36 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/1/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Henry John Benn

Gordon Avenue, Kew, Victoria                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  4/4/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Euripides A14

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Nevasa  

Embarked:  5/3/1919                                 

Disembarked:  25/4/1919

Unit:  14th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  9/6/1919                         

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  39705

Victory Medal:  39204

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  9/12/1888

Place:  Richmond, Victoria                       

Father:  Henry John BENN                      

Mother:  May HOWARD

 

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DEATH

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SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Prisoner of War; captured at St Quentin on 11/4/1917; interned at Gef Limburg

Repatriated 1/12/1918 (Embarked Calis, arrived Dover)

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Yes

 

Kew Rotary