27/09/1915-Joined 11th Battalion 11th Reinforcements
2/03/1916-Joined 11th Battalion “D” Company Habieta Egypt
5/04/1916-Disembarked Marseilles France ex. Alexandria
10/08/1916-Wounded in Action France ( Gunshot Wound Abdominal Wall )
15/08/1916-Evacuated/Admitted 1st Southern General Hospital Birmingham England ex. 12 General Hospital Rouen France ex. 3 Casualty Clearing Station ex. 3 Aust Field Ambulance
7/10/1916-Granted Leave England
23/10/1916-To No. 1 Command Depot ex. Leave then to No. 4 Command Depot Wareham
12/04/1917-Transferred to No. 2 Command Depot Weymouth
5/05/1917-To Aust Army Service Corps Depot Details No. 3 Camp Parkhouse
20/07/1917-To Aust Railways Operations Details Bordon England
15/09/1917-Proceeded overseas France as Sapper ex. Folkestone
7/10/1917-To 59th Aust Road Guage Rail Operating Company in the field France
21/11/1917-To 15th Aust Light Rail Operations Company
18/12/1917-Attached Aust General Base Depot Rouelles France for Medical Board
7/01/1918-Transferred No. 2 Command Depot Weymouth ex. France
1/02/1918-Embarked England for Australia per “Balmoral Castle” ( Premature Senility )
18/03/1918-Disembarked Australia
2/04/1918-Discharged from Service
BENSON, William Henry
Full Name: William Henry
BENSON
Date of Birth: 01
–
1873
Place of birth: Coburg
Australia
Occupation: Railway Porter
Address: Bunbury WA
Next of Kin: Mother-Isabella Benson
Next of Kin Address: Carron Street Coburg VIC
Religion: Church of England
Service Number: 3267
Rank: Private
Unit/Division: 11th Battalion
Enlistment Date: 1915-08-05
Enlistment Location: Bunbury
WA
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Embarkation Date: 1915-11-02
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Returned: Yes
Discharge Date: 1918-04-02
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