North - Listed as blacksmith Entebbe 15-10-1904; firearm registered at Mombasa on way to Entebbe 28-2-1905; Public Officer's Game Licence, Hoima 8-7-1905 North has David Bennet from Glasgow; appt. Blacksmith with Marine Dept., UP 19-4-1901; arr. Mombasa from England 28-5-1901; dep. Mombasa for Uganda 1-6-1901; Entebbe Dec. 1903 

Uganda Journal Vol 14 No 1 p. 104 - Mr D. Bennett the engineer of the Lake Albert Marine steam launch 'Kenia' …….

Block Notes - Nairobi 1903 - About this time a Mrs Bent (later Mrs Tate) with the help of Mr De Souza (a Goanese merchant) had started building a hotel four blocks from T.A. Woods place on the present Victoria Street and called it "The Old Stanley". It was made of corrugated iron. She had tables and chairs made by local Indian carpenters and imported the iron beds but no mattresses.

Having been an upholsterer and mattress maker among my many occupations I offered my services (if material could be purchased). Mr De Souza had ticking in stock so I gave him a sketch and his tailor produced a sample to my measurements. The great trouble however was to obtain 2 mattress needles. Luckily a blacksmith by the name of Bennett (whom I knew from South Africa) managed to make me 2 needles out of bicycle spokes.