BENSON Henry Aloftus

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Rank	First enlistment was with Kennedy Regiment 8th August 1914.
Born	Charters Towers, Queensland
Enlisted	8th August 1914
Enlisted In	8th August 1914
Occupation at Enlistment	Labourer
Embarked From	“Kanowna” to Thursday Island – shipped to German New Guinea to recapture area
Cause of Death	Killed in action 8th July 1916 by a sniper at Messines, France
Buried	La Pus Douve Farm Cemetery, France
Remark	Ship’s crew protested and the mission was aborted and ship returned to Townsville.
Re-enlisted	27th January 1915
Discharged	18th September 1914
Son of	Son of Andres and Francis Catherine Benson of Crib Point Post Office, Victoria

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