Participant Info

Surname

Benton

First Name

John

Initial

C

Service Number

457

Rank

private

Unit Served

1st Australian Machine Gun Company

Service Record

France

Enlistment Date

1916

Enlistment Month

5 June

Embarkation Year

1916

Embarkation Month

25 October

Date of Death

Month of Death

Death Category

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 49, image page 50

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

Beatrice and John Benton

Parental Address

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

born at Birmingham, England, July 31, 1894, educated St. Mary's South Aston Brook, machinist, enlisted June 1, 1916 embarked October 23, 1916.