Charles Bennett

Forenames

Charles AWMM

Surname

Bennett AWMM

Service number

WWI 57013 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Eva Waghorn (sister), Chorlton, via Little Akaroa, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 57013 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Jul 1917-24 Sep 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 90 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Rifleman AWMM Reinforcements J Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

17 Mar 1918 {Age 45} AWMM Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM

Charles Bennett was the brother of Commandant A. Bennett, of The Salvation Army, Wellington, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Comdt A. Bennett. S. A. Wellington (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

17 Mar 1918 AWMM
Age  45 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM X. F. 1. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22274655
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/136304/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/136304
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  69: 36
• NZWGT: Information supplied by the New Zealand War Graves Trust as part of the New Zealand War Graves project. This project was established in 2006 to record in text and photographs the 31,758 New Zealanders who have been identifed as serving with New Zealand or Allied forces, and who died in conflicts from the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) up to the present day and in peacekeeping operations.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.