Alfred Arthur BENNING

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Service Number:	2545
Enlisted:	9 February 1916, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Derby, England, 1883
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Derby Higher Grade School, England
Occupation:	Farm hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

9 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2545, Perth, Western Australia
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2545, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2545, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2545, 44th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge

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Arrived in Australia on 4 October 1913 aged 30 Years

Son of Charles Henry Benning of 326 High Road, Willsden Green, London, England

Alfred did a three and a haf year apprenticeship with J. Jones, Cabinet Makers while living in Derby, England

Alfred and a German soldier were bringing out a wounded soldier at Ypres when they were killed by a shell

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal