Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Joshua Bennett

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Photograph C02095
Service number 406
Ranks Held Captain, Corporal, Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date 10/01/1865
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Wagga Wagga
Death Date 1946
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 1st Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
  • 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
  • 4th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • New South Wales Contingent - Sudan
Place Wagga Wagga
Conflicts/Operations
  • Sudan, 1885
  • South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
  • First World War, 1914-1918

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    Portrait of two officers taken near Lone Pine, taken less than 30 minutes after the start of the ...

    Group portrait of officers of the 3rd Battalion. Back row, left to right: Second Lieutenant (2nd ...

    Group portrait of officers of the 3rd Battalion. Back row, left to right: Second Lieutenant (2nd ...

    Group photo of some of the members of the 1885 New South Wales Sudan Contingent. From left, ...

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Date of birth 10/01/1865
Date of return 23/06/1885
Date of enlistment 21/02/1885
Date of embarkation 03/03/1885
Other 1885 Served as a Captain in the 1st NSW Mounted Rifles.
Other 1899 Served as a Major in the 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles.
Date of embarkation 20/10/1914
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 20/08/1914 Appointed Major and Second in Command 3 Battalion.
Other units 01/05/1915 Commanding Officer 4 Battalion.
Other units 14/07/1915 Assumed Command 1 Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 13/08/1915
Date promoted 01/05/1915 Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 31/08/1915
Other units 22/08/1918 Officer Commanding troops Anchises.
Other units 23/06/1918 Commanding Officer Australian Corps Reinforcement Camp.
Date returned to Australia 22/08/1919
Other 30/04/1920 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of death 1946

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