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Henry Bennett

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Bennett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 19/13 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 October 1874 AWMM New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 12 January 1915 AWMM Returned Soldiers' Club, Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Pre 22 July 1916 AWMM C/o Miss Wyatt, Queen Street, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • John Bennett (brother), Devon Street, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
    • John Bennett (brother), Devon Street, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 27 March 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Samoa AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 19/13 AWMM
  • Military service
    Okaura Rifle Club AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 9 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      190 pounds AWMM
    • Tattoos, Unknown Period AWMM
      initial left forearm AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      brown AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark brown (tinged grey) AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Samoa, 1916, boils and debility, invalided to new Zealand; some improvement since leaving Samoa AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Nephritis, July 1917, Brockenhurst AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Chronic Bright's disease and anaemia aggravated by active service during war AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Henry Bennett was the son of William and Isabella Bennett.

    Enlisted twice AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 October 1918 AWMM
    New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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