BENZIE, Frank
| Service Number: | QX10611 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 29 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 April 1920 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sawyer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 16 July 1999, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Queensland Garden Of Remembrance (Pinnaroo) |
| Memorials: | Maryborough Wilson, Hart & Co. Pty. Ltd. HR |
World War 2 Service
| 29 Jun 1940: | Involvement QX10611 | |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 29 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX10611, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Dec 1940: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Apr 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX10611, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, ex Sydney to Middle East per HMT NN | |
| 2 Nov 1942: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX10611, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, Middle East - Shell Wound to leg | |
| 27 Feb 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX10611, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, ex Middle East to Sydney | |
| 14 Oct 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX10611, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, ex Brisbane to Port Moresby per Katoomba | |
| 26 Aug 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX10611, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, ex Madang to Brisbane per Katoomba | |
| 16 Jan 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX10611, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, ex Brisbane to Jacquinot Bay per Duntroon | |
| 25 Apr 1945: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Sep 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX10611, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, ex Jacquinot Bay to Brisbane per Tarooma | |
| 9 Oct 1945: | Discharged | |
| 9 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX10611, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Corporal Frank Benzie (Service No:QX10611) enlisted in the Army on 29 June 1940 as a Private attached to No 3 Infantry Training Battalion. On 13 December 1940 Private Benzie was posted to 2/15 Infantry Battalion and served in the Middle East (8 April 1941 - 27 February 1943) - he was WiA there on 2 November 1942 (Shell Wound) - and New Guinea (10 October 1943 - 26 August 1944 and 16 January 1945 - 19 September 1945). Promoted to Corporal on 25 April 1945, he was Discharged on 9 October 1945.
Born in 1920 in Brisbane QLD, Frank was the ninth of eleven children of James Benzie (b1869 in Aberdeen, Scotland) and Louisa Fanny Shove (b1881 in Surrey, England). James immigrated in 1889 and Louisa in 1900 - both arriving in Brisbane on board the Jumna. James (a Van Driver) and Louisa married in 1902 in Brisbane, QLD where they settled and raised their family. James served in WWI (Private; Service No:2016) and worked as a Lorry Driver, Vanman, Carter and Groom.
Frank worked as a Sawyer in Maryborough, QLD prior to his enlistment in the Army. In 1944 in Brisbane QLD he married Irene Margaret Dickson (b1925 in Brisbane, QLD). Following his Discharge, Frank and Irene settled in Brisbane where Frank was a Student until the early 1950s when he was appointed as a Linesman with the Post Master General's Department in Brisbane - in all post WWII Census Records Frank recorded his employment as 'student'. Frank died in 1999 and Irene in 2012.
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