Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 04/04/1916
- Date of Discharge
- 30/03/1920
- Place of Enlistment
- Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 25/06/1896
- Place of Birth
- Snowtown, South Australia
- Address (at enlistment)
- Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT
- Occupation
- Soldier
- Next of Kin
- Dr. Thomas Bennettt (father), St. Peters, Adelaide, South Australia
Unit and Rank Details
- Final Rank
- Captain
- Final Unit
- 3 Machine Gun Battalion AIF
Awards and Honours
Mentioned in Despatches (Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, 1 April 1920)
Notes
Bennett entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in March 1914 and graduated early, along with the rest of his class, in April 1916. He arrived in England with the 11th Machine Gun Company in July 1916. He went to France in November 1916 and from May 1917 onwards spent time in Staff roles. He was promoted to Captain in October 1917. In July 1919 he was appointed as aide de camp to Sir John Monash. He died in Sydney on 14 December 1963 aged 67 years.
Sources
Colonel J.E. Lee, 'Duntroon: The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-1946', 1952
AWM Honours & Awards
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Sydney Morning Herald - 16 December 1963
RSL Virtual War Memorial - rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au
Rex Bennett, from rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au