Champion, Ben William
Person: id 2614
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Champion
Given name(s)
Ben William
Initials
B.W.
Gender
Male
Tertiary education
Start date
1919
Combined start dates
1919
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Survived WWI
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D.D.Sc. : Lieutenant, 1st Battn., A.I.F., Gallipoli and France. Enlisting 3rd May, 1915, and sailing 12th July with reinforcements, joined battn. at Gallipoli 4th November, was wounded on 29th and evacuated to Malta. Rejoining battn. in Egypt in January, crossed to France and fought at Pozieres, Bullecourt and elsewhere till wounded again at Passchendaele, 15th September, 1917, and evacuated to No. 2 Australian General Hospital, Wimereux. Rejoining battn. at Zonnebeke in January, 1918, was wounded a third time at Strazeele, 15th April, and invalided to Australia, arriving 4th September.
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A transcription of his 208 page diary is held in the AWM
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P11013190
He was a noted local historian for Hunter and Newcastle with papers published in RAHS
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P11013190
He was a noted local historian for Hunter and Newcastle with papers published in RAHS
Discovering Anzacs
Australian War Memorial
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