Lieutenant General Henry Gordon Bennett CB, CMG, DSO (April 16, 1887 – August 1, 1962), Australian soldier, served in both World War I and World War II. Despite highly decorated achievements during World War I, including at Gallipoli, Bennett is best remembered for his role in the Fall of Singapore in the Pacific War when, as commander of the 8th Division, he escaped while his men became prisoners of the Japanese.

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  • Lieutenant General Henry Gordon Bennett CB, CMG, DSO (April 16, 1887 – August 1, 1962), Australian soldier, served in both World War I and World War II. Despite highly decorated achievements during World War I, including at Gallipoli, Bennett is best remembered for his role in the Fall of Singapore in the Pacific War when, as commander of the 8th Division, he escaped while his men became prisoners of the Japanese. Bennett was born in Balwyn, Melbourne in 1887 and worked as a clerk with an insurance company. At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Bennett was a major in a Melbourne militia battalion. He volunteered to serve with the First Australian Imperial Force and was appointed second-in-command of the 6th Battalion, which was part of the 2nd (Victorian) Infantry Brigade. (en)
  • Henry Gordon Bennett, CB, CMG, DSO (* 16. April 1887 in Balwyn bei Melbourne; † 1. August 1962 in Dural bei Sydney) war ein Generalleutnant der australischen Infanterie. (de)
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  • Lieutenant General Henry Gordon Bennett CB, CMG, DSO (April 16, 1887 – August 1, 1962), Australian soldier, served in both World War I and World War II. Despite highly decorated achievements during World War I, including at Gallipoli, Bennett is best remembered for his role in the Fall of Singapore in the Pacific War when, as commander of the 8th Division, he escaped while his men became prisoners of the Japanese. (en)
  • Henry Gordon Bennett, CB, CMG, DSO (* 16. April 1887 in Balwyn bei Melbourne; † 1. August 1962 in Dural bei Sydney) war ein Generalleutnant der australischen Infanterie. (de)
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