Sydney John BENEY

BENEY, Sydney John

Service Numbers: 2306, V80952
Enlisted: 6 October 1939
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 23 Technical Maintenance Troop
Born: Portsmouth England, 1893
Home Town: Whittlesea, Whittlesea, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Bundoora Repatriation Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 26 September 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
Area Name Rose Garden No.2 Comp. Roses Interment of Cremated Remains
Memorials: Whittlesea WW2 Memorial Wall, Whittlesea War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

18 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 2306, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Itria embarkation_ship_number: A53 public_note: ''
18 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 2306, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Itria, Melbourne
22 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2306, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Returned to Australia 22 August 1919

World War 2 Service

6 Oct 1939: Enlisted V80952, 23 Technical Maintenance Troop
6 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, V80952
5 May 1948: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, V80952
5 May 1948: Discharged

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Biography contributed by Val Sparnaay

Sidney John Beney was born on 18 April 1893 to Angelina Augusta Roberts, age 28, and John Prior Beney, age 28.

Sidney John Beney married Minnie Fookes in Hawthorn, Victoria, on 3 February 1922 when he was 28 years old.

Military
Sidney John Beney served in the military in 1939 in Melbourne, Victoria, when he was 46 years old.