A. V. Benson

He qualified in pharmacy at the University of Adelaide and from 1891 to 1896 served at the Mount Gambier Hospital as dispenser and assistant medical officer.

He married a daughter of the National Bank manager, then left Australia to gain further qualifications in medicine and surgery in London and Brussels On returning to Adelaide he set up in practice in the Port Adelaide district and lived at Buller Terrace, Alberton, their home until around 1930, when they moved to Prospect.

He volunteered for service with the First AIF in the early stages of the Great War, and from August 1917[2] served in Egypt at the No.

He was, as Major Benson, "taken off strength" in October 1918, suffering from intermittent albuminuria and invalided to Australia.

Sponsored by the S.A.J.C., he was a prominent contender for presidency of the "Liars' Club", a one-off fundraising competition organised by The Advertiser and its sister radio station 5AD in 1937, in aid of crippled children.