• Born: 26 July 1897, Huon, Tasmania ²
• Marriage (1): Essie Louisa KNIGHTS on 10 May 1923 in Franklin, Tasmania, Australia ¹
• Died: May 1941, Huonville, Tasmania, Australia at age 43

   Cause of his death was drowned in the Huon River (body found 24 May 1941; he disappeared on 17 May 1941).

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He has conflicting birth information of 26 July 1897 and Ranelagh, Tasmania.

• His death and funeral notices were published on page 5 of The Mercury on 26 May 1941 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
  
  BENNETT. — At Huonville, May 1941, Ernest Leslie, beloved husband of Essie Bennett of Ranelagh, and loving father of Archie, Nita and Eileen (deceased) aged 44 years. Late 12th Battalion A.I.F.
  
  BENNETT. — Funeral of the late Mr. Edward James Bennett of Glen Huon will move from the residence of his brother Mr. L. Bennett, Ranelagh Huon, on Tuesday afternoon (This Day) at English Church and Cemetery Ranelagh at 2.40 p.m. when friends are respectively invited to attend.

Ernest married Essie Louisa KNIGHTS, daughter of William Thomas Harold KNIGHTS and Amelia Victoria WOOD, on 10 May 1923 in Franklin, Tasmania, Australia.¹ (Essie Louisa KNIGHTS was born in 1905 in Ranelagh, Tasmania, Australia.)