Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Danks B W Pte 2810 Benjamin William 5 Inf Bn 32 Cooper Single Meth
Address: Kensington, Bayswater Rd, 11
Next of Kin: Danks, I, father, 11 Bayswater Rd, Kensington
Enlisted: 29 Jun 1915
Embarked: A16 Star of Victoria 10 Sep 1915
Relatives on Active Service:
Danks-J-Gunner-11830 brother, DOW
Date of death: 20/09/1917
CWGC: "Son of Isaiah and Harriet Danks, of 11, Bayswater Rd., Kensington, Victoria, Australia".
HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
War Service Commemorated
Kensington Methodist Church* (See joint memorial Danks-J-Gunner-11830 )
Kensington State School
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour Wounded
Regimental Register
Died on Service
DANKS-Killed in action, September 20. 1917,
Private B. W. Danks, aged 34 years and 10 months,
eldest son of I. and H. Danks; also Gunner John
Danks, aged 24 years, third son, died of wounds
14th August, 1917; brothers of Edie, Mrs. W. M.
Northway (Morwell), late Elsie, Albie, Nellie,
George, Bob, and Una.
Our dear boys.
Their lives for King and country.
Duty nobly done.
-(Inserted by their parents, 11 Bayswater road,
Kensington.)
The Argus 20 October 1917
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1657548
In Memoriam
No notices in The Argus up to 1921.
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