DescriptionThought to be wedding photograph of Arthur George and Beatrice (Trixie) Alethea Bennett (nee Woodhead) who married at the Signal Row Methodist Church, Sandgate on 17 April 1937. Arthur Bennett, 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, he embarked for overseas in October 1916 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. He returned to Australia in July 1918. After the war he returned to working for Queensland Railways. and retired in 1961 from his position as Foreman of the Westinghouse Brake Shop at the Ipswich Workshops. 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 RailwaysSee Queensland Times 15 September 1986 for funeral notice
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