Geboortedatum:

15 april 1887 (Balwyn/Melbourne, Australië)

Overlijdensdatum:

1 augustus 1962

Nationaliteit:

Australische (1901-heden, Federaal Koninkrijk)

Henry Gordon Bennett was de zoon van George Bennett en Harriet.

Bevorderingen:
?; provisional 2nd Lieutenant;
1912: Major;
?: Lieutenant Colonel;
1916: Brigadier General;
april 1942: Lieutenant General;

Loopbaan:
?: Balwyn State School;
?: Hawthorn College;
mei 1908: 5th Australian Infantry Regiment;
?: B Company, 5th Australian Infantry Regiment;
?: Adjutant, 5th Australian Infantry Regiment;
1914: 2nd in command, 6th Battalion, 2nd (Victorian) Infantry Brigade;
?: Commanding Officer, 6th Battalion, 2nd (Victorian) Infantry Brigade;
?: acting commander 3rd Infantry Brigade;
3 devcember 1916: Commanding Officer, 3rd Infantry Brigade;
?: Commonwealth Bank, Sydney;
1922: New South Wales Repatriation Board;
1926: Commander, 9th Infantry Brigade;
1928: Administrator, City of Sydney;
1930: Commander, 2nd Division;
1931 - 1933: President, Chamber of Manufactures of New South Wales;
1933 - 1934: President, Associated Chambers of Manufactures of Australia;
1939: Commander Volunteer Defence Corps;
juli 1940: Commander, Eastern Command Training Depot;
augustus 1940: Commander 8th Division;
december 1941: Commander "Westforce";
april 1942: Commander III Corps;
1944: Reserves.

Heeft u zelf meer informatie over deze persoon? Lever het aan!

• - CLISBY, M., Guilty or Innocent – The Gordon Bennett Case, Allen and Unwin, Sidney, 1992.
  - LEGG, F., The Gordon Bennett Story, Angus & Robertson, Sidney, 1965.
  - MORGAN, J., A Burning Legacy: The Broken 8th Division, Sabretache. Garran, Australian Capital Territory: Military Historical Society of Australia. LIV (3), 2013.
  - STEVENSON, R., The Forgotten First, Australian Army Journal. IV (1), 2007.
  - Gordon Bennett (general) - Wikipedia