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Danks-B-W-Pte-2810

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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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