BENSON, John Horace Gloster
| Service Number: | N/A |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Merchant Navy |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, 31 July 1877 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Blood poisoning caused by infection form a dog bite , 26 August 1918, aged 41 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1918: | Involvement N/A, Merchant Navy |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
John Horace Gloster BENSON was born on 31st July, 1877 in Norwood, South Australia
His parents were John BENSON and Charlotte Deborah FITZGIBBON who married on 2nd November, 1862 at Bray Parish, Rathdown, County Wicklow, Ireland
He was a Sailor on a Merchant ship & received his certificate of competency as 2nd mate on 15th October, 1898 - issued in Dublin - he later enlisted to serve in WW1
John Horace served in the Army in a British Unit (details unknown)
He served in the Transport Service of the Allied Forces
John Horace Gloster was also recorded under the name of John Horace Gloucester BENSON
He married in India on 4th May, 1904 to Amy Florence HIGGINSON who was a widow aged 41 years - at the time he was in the Mercantile Marine
One known child Hawtrey Cyril BENSON born 1st July, 1904 in Calcutta who died in 1976 in Colchester, England - this child was named after Johns brother Hawtrey Cyril who was born in South Australia
John died on 26th August, 1918 and was buried on 30th August, 1918 in Christ Church in Folkestone, Kent, England
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His brother Alexander Vigors BENSON served as a Captain in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1918
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