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BENESS, Raymond Sydney

Service Number:	NX66348
Enlisted:	9 December 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia, 31 March 1917
Home Town:	Lindfield, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Seven Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 8 October 1987, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

9 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX66348
9 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX66348, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
4 Sep 1943:	Involvement Private, NX66348, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, WIA
6 Feb 1946:	Discharged Private, NX66348, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
6 Feb 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX66348, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, NX66348, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA (New Guinea)