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Biographical notes of Arthur Bennett, soldier and railway employee, Ipswich 1895-1986
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TitleBiographical notes of Arthur Bennett, soldier and railway employee, Ipswich 1895-1986Date of Publication2015AcknowledgementFrom Selection to Discovery Grant from State Library of Queensland: A G Bennett Collection held at Workshops Rail Museum, North Ipswich, Queensland
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City & StateIpswich, Queensland
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DescriptionBiographical summary of Arthur Bennett. Arthur, started his working life at Cribb and Foote in 1908. He then became a fitter with the railways and finished his apprenticeship in 1915. As he served in the Citizens' Forces, Arthur embarked for overseas in October 1916, on the HMAT Boonah, as a Regimental Sergeant Major in the 4th Pioneer Battalion. The Battalion was involved with the construction, maintenance and repair of military railways on the Western front. He was gassed, and wounded in Ypres, in 1917, and spent time in hospitals in the United Kingdom. He returned to Australia in July 1918. After the war he returned to working for Queensland Railways, finishing his working life as Foreman of the Westinghouse Brake Shop at the Railway Workshops, North Ipswich, in 1961. References (offline)See Queensland Times 1 July 1961 for article on his retirement with information of the clubs and associations of which he was a member and his history with Queensland Railways. See also QT 12 November 1985
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EventsWorld War I (1914-1918)Government & Non-Government OrganisationsNorth Ipswich Railway WorkshopsPeople & FamiliesArthur BennettSubjectsBiographiesRailway employeesFamiliesCurated CollectionsFrom Selection to DiscoveryMilitary HistoriesBiographies, Memoirs, & Family Histories
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