| Places | |
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| Accession Number | 1DRL/0112 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Benson, Claude Ernest |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Ryde |
| Date made | 1915-1916; 1927 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Benson, Claude Elmhurst (Captain, b.1887 - d.1916)
Description
Collection relating to service of Captain Claude Elmhurst Benson, 9 Battalion, Gallipoli and France, 1915-1916. Collection includes extracts from letters written to his mother. Extracts made in 1927 by Benson family in response to request by Australian War Memorial. Location of originals unknown.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Captain Claude Elmhurst Benson, DCM, 9 Battalion, Australian Infantry. Killed in action, France, 2 July 1916. Age 26. Son of Edward Ernest and Elizabeth Benson, of Lane Cove Rd., Ryde, New South Wales.