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Charles, 2012
Rosario/SFé
(Source: P. Benitz)

Charles Alfred Benitz
1926-2014

Event Timeline

Year Age Event
1926 0 Born, 9 June, Buenos Aires, Arg.; his mother (Eileen Frend)....  His childhood homes were Ea. ‘La California’ (Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.) & the family summer home ‘Greystone’ in the Córdoba hills (Los Cocos, Córdoba, Arg.).
1930 4 With mother & sister, arrived London,11 Dec., 1930, on “Highland Princess”; stayed in London & Dorset; departed London, 2 May, 1931, on “Highland Chieftain”
1935? 9-10 Visited England & Scotland, most likely with parents.
193x-4x 10-11 Attended St. George's College, Quilmes.........
1947-48 21-22 Volunteered, joined 13th/18th Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps, Regular Army; commissioned Second Lieutenant 24th August, 1947; Lieutenant 27th July, 1948.
194x 23 Argentine military service (conscript), Buenos Aires & Las Rosas/SFé (guard duty at local shooting range).
194x-5x 20s-30s At “La California”......
1960 30 Married...... 4 children
1960s 30 At “La California”...... polo, pilot
2014 88 Died 22 August, in Rosario, Santa Fé.  Buried at Ea. “La California”, Las Rosas, Santa Fé, Arg.

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