George Henry BENNETT

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BENNETT, George Henry

Service Number:	185
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Hargraves, Mudgee District, New South Wales, Australia, 1872
Home Town:	Appin, Wollondilly, New South Wales
Schooling:	Marist Brothers Catholic School, Sydney, NSW
Occupation:	Bushman
Died:	Died of wounds, WW1, France, 20 April 1917
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Plot: O. IX. C. 9.
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 185, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 185, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 185, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

George Henry Bennett was born in 1872 at Hargraves in the Mudgee District of New South Wales, a son to John and Anne Bennett. He was single when he enlisted for WW1 in 1916.

He served twice in the South African (Boer) War and again in WW1 where he died of wounds in France. His first service was as a Private S.N. 185 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Lance-Corporal S.N. 1933 in the 3rd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, Boer War. Third service was as a Private S.N. 5307 in the 26th Infantry Battalion AIF, WW1.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 483 & 528; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier and WW1 service record).

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