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Volunteer Chester M. Bennett

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Volunteer Chester M. Bennett

Birth
Oil City, Kern County, California, USA
Death
29 Oct 1943 (aged 51)
Hong Kong
Burial
Stanley, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong GPS-Latitude: 22.2135528, Longitude: 114.2157278
Plot
1. C. Coll. grave 1-11.
Memorial ID
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British Army Aid Group

Chester Bennett was a movie director. He directed 18 films between 1919 and 1926.
He was in Hong Kong on Christmas Day, 1941,when the Japanese attacked.
At the end of January 1942 he was sent to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp to wait out the rest of the war. During his stay he assisted prisoners in obtaining food.
He was executed near his grave site.

Husband of Elsa Bennett, of Los Angeles, California, U. S. A.
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Marriage date of 1917 to Gladys Tenison (nee Borum) taken from marriage license. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8DC-93M
Contributor: Robin S. (48934812)
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British Army Aid Group

Chester Bennett was a movie director. He directed 18 films between 1919 and 1926.
He was in Hong Kong on Christmas Day, 1941,when the Japanese attacked.
At the end of January 1942 he was sent to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp to wait out the rest of the war. During his stay he assisted prisoners in obtaining food.
He was executed near his grave site.

Husband of Elsa Bennett, of Los Angeles, California, U. S. A.
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Marriage date of 1917 to Gladys Tenison (nee Borum) taken from marriage license. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8DC-93M
Contributor: Robin S. (48934812)
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Gravesite Details

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