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• Benjamin David Sweetland

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Service number

• Service number 3683

Rank

• Held rank of Corporal

Birth record

• 28 September 1861 in Tenterfield, NSW, Australia

Death record

• 1 March 1940 in Mosman, NSW, Australia

Address

• 121 Raglan Street, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - Charles Henry Sweetland
• Mother - Anne Jane Dickson
• Wife - Annie Margaret Wootten

Organisation

• 1st Australian Tunnelling Company

Main sources

• RETURNING SOLDIERS. (newspaper article)
• THE RETURNING SOLDIERS. [Boer War] (newspaper article)
• A LAWYER SOLDIER. SOLICITOR ASKS FOR LEAVE TO RESUME PRACTICE. (newspaper article)
• Birth Notice (newspaper article)
• NEW SOUTH WALES. PITIFUL STORY IS TOLD IN DIVORCE PETITION (newspaper article)
• Death Notice (newspaper article)
• LINK WITH THE PAST THE LATE B. D. SWEETLAND STORY OF A TIGER (newspaper article)
• SWEETLAND Benjamin David : Service Number - 3683 : Place of Birth - Tenterfield NSW : Place of Enlistment - Bathurst NSW : Next of Kin - (Wife) SWEETLAND Annie Margaret (webpage)

Commemorations

• SWEETLAND B. D. on the North Face of the Mosman War Memorial
• Sweetland, B on the St Clement's World War 1 Roll of Honour