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There is only one E Benner in CWGC so the Edward Benner on the new memorial is the same person as Edwin Benner

NAME:                      Benner, Edwin
RANK:                      Corporal
UNIT:                      Australian Engineers
BATTALION ETC:             3rd Signal Company
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         10584
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Died of disease - broncho pneumonia 10th November 1918
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
OTHER INFORMATION:         MM. - London Gazette 30797 16th July 1918.  Joined 17th November 1914.
                           Son of Arthur Sydney and Francis Annie Benner, these at tbe below address during war.
                           Husband of Nellie Benner of 166 St. Mary's Rd., Southampton, England - she went to Victoria, Australia in 1919 with her child.
                           He born at Tinsley, Sheffield, England.