Irene Muriel Pearl Docking was born on 16 November 1896, in Port Wakefield, South Australia, Australia as the daughter of Edward Docking. She married Thomas Ernest Bennier on 15 November 1915, in Mindarie, South Australia, Australia. She died on 9 July 1957, in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 60, and was buried in South Australia, Australia.