Henry William BENNETT

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BENNETT, Henry William

Service Number:	10
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
Born:	2 September 1877, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Natural causes , Cleveland, Queensland, Australia, 15 July 1952, aged 74 years
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 10, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
1 Mar 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 10, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900.
21 Jun 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 10, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes 3rd QMI embarked 9 May 1901 at Cape Town returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Henry William Bennett was born on 2 Sep 1877, a son to Henry William Bennett and Janet Sophia Bennett (nee Richardson) and prior to the war was working as a farmer around Warwick Qld. After returning from the Boer War in 1901 he returned to farming in Inglewood, Qld. He married Sarah Florence Gray on 7 Jan 1903 and they would go on to raise 12 children.

(sources- extracted from Bio on Australian Boer War Memorial database provided by his grandson; Qld BDM Index).

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