Bennett, Percival Henry (2084)
Place of Birth: Balranald, NSW
Age: 21 years 6 months
Enlistment Details: Friday, 22 October 1915 – Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 2084 view online service record
Address:
229 Dow Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Walter Samual Bennett (father)
229 Dow Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Friday, 28 January 1916
Ship: HMAT Themistocles A32
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 4th Light Horse Regiment – 14th Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Wednesday, 8 October 1919
Discharged: Saturday, 20 December 1919
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Brian Membrey
Second World War : Born 6 April, 1894, enlisted 23 July, 1941 (as Percy), served N274121, Private, 7 Australia POW Guard Company, locality of enlistment Leeton, N.S.W., Attested Paddington, N.S.W., NOK Julia BENNETT. Discharged 1 November, 1945
Brian Membrey
BACK FROM THE WAR. (1919, December 20). Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), p. 3. Retrieved October 31, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165260692
“In the Methodist School Hall, on Monday night week, about 40 ladies and gentlemen were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bennett, to welcome home their son Pte P. H. Bennett, after over four years’ absence. Mr. Langley was in the chair. By the chairman, and Mr. Dusting and other gentlemen tbe guest of the evening was assured of the company’s goodwill”.
Brian Membrey
OBITUARY. Walter Samuel Bennett (1920, February 21). Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), p. 3. Retrieved October 31, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165261332
(The son that returned was 2084, Percival Henry Bennett); there was no Walter Samuel junior