| [Index] |
| James Bernard Lowe BENT (1862 - 1940) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| James Bernard Lowe BENT (1862 - 1940) + Mary Anne RYAN |
John Beecher BENT (1821 - 1880) | John BENT | ||
| Frances WRIXON | ||||
| Mary Ann HIGGINS (1834 - 1868) | John HIGGINS | |||
| Hannah WINFIELD | ||||
| b. 1862 at Boree Creek, New South Wales, Australia |
| m. 24 Apr 1906 Mary Anne RYAN at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 22 Jan 1940 at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia aged 78 |
| Parents: |
| John Beecher BENT (1821 - 1880) |
| Mary Ann HIGGINS (1834 - 1868) |
| Events in James Bernard Lowe BENT (1862 - 1940)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 1862 | James Bernard Lowe BENT was born | Boree Creek, New South Wales, Australia | 71 | ||
| 20 Jan 1868 | 6 | Death of mother Mary Ann HIGGINS (aged 33) | Broadmeadows, Victoria, Australia | 71 | |
| 19 Feb 1880 | 18 | Death of father John Beecher BENT (aged 58) | Broadmeadows, Victoria, Australia | 71 | |
| 24 Apr 1906 | 44 | Married Mary Anne RYAN | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 71 | |
| 22 Jan 1940 | 78 | James Bernard Lowe BENT died | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 71 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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Boer War Record
Bent, James Bernard Lowe (365) Sergeant, C Squadron. Farmer from Grong Grong station, Wagga Wagga. Born Boree Creek, near Wagga Wagga, 1862. Parents: Father: John (Jack) Beecher Bent (d. 1897). Mother: Emma Rome (d.1900) who had 7 sons and 1 daughter (1862-93). Religion: Roman Catholic. Militia service with 2nd Infantry Regt. Volunteered for South Africa. Left Sydney per s.s Southern Cross, 17/1/1900 and disembarked Capetown, 19/2/1900. Sergeant, 1/8/1900. Remained in Capetown 30/3/1901 in expectation of a commission. Later Lieutenant (supernumerary) to 3NSWMR, 30/3/1901. Promoted Captain. Awarded QSA and 5 clasps: Drie/Jhb/DH/Witt/CC. Awarded KSA and two clasps. RTA c. December 1902. Became Manager of Spring Valley Station, Germanton (later Holbrook) till 1929. Retired to Wagga Wagga. Married Mary Ann Ryan in Germanton, 30/4/1906. Had 2 sons and 1 daughter (1906-10). Died Wagga, 22/1/1940, aged 78. Buried Wagga. Remembered on the Wagga Wagga Memorial in the Victory Memorial Gardens. |
| Source References: |
| 71. Type: Book, Abbr: Wagga Pioneers, Title: Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District, Auth: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Publ: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Date: 2004, Locn: http://www.waggafamilyhistory.org.au/ |
| - Reference = 16 (Death) |
| - Reference = 16 (Birth) |
| - Reference = 16 (Name, Notes) |
| - Reference = 16 (Marriage) |