BENZLEY, Harold Roy
| Service Numbers: | 1653a, 1653, 1653A |
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| Enlisted: | 15 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sunbury, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Sunbury, Hume, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Sunbury, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Victorian Railways Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, France, 6 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sunbury War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1653a, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1653, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1653, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 6 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1653A, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1653A awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ross Martin
Harold Benzley was born in 1894, in Sunbury, Victoria. He attended school at the Sunbury School #1002 and worked as a Clerk for the Victorian Railways based at their Spencer Street headquarters. He was 6ft tall with Brown eyes and hair. He was a member of the Presbyterian faith.He lived with his widowed mother Mary Ann Beazley in Barkly Street Sunbury.
He enlisted in the AIF on 21/4/1915 and trained at the Seymour and Broadmeadows camps. He left Australia on 16/7/1915 on board the HMAT Demosthenes as part of the 21st Battalion. He served on Gallipoli.
Biography contributed by Ross Martin
The 21st Battalion arrived in France on 24/3/1916 and were transported to the north of France. First time in the trenches was at Fleubaix in April 1916. In July and August the battalion fought on the Somme and at Pozieres. On 6/8/1916 Haeold was badly wounded and he died at the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station. He is buried at the Puchevillers British Cemetery, north of Amiens.
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