Albert George Benner

Forenames

Albert George AWMM

Surname

Benner AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/386 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

26 Oct 1886 AWMM
Ireland AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 08 Sep 1914 AWMM Pongakawa, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs W.J. Benner, Pongakawa, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/386 AWMM

Military service

Te Puke volunteers AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 08 Sep 1914 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 AWMM Vessel was Star of India AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 10 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  168 pounds AWMM
• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Albert Benner son of John and Charlotte Benner, of Pongakawa, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr H. Benner, Otorohanga, K. C. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

16 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM K. 108. 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/R22274613
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/108237/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/108237
  Further Reference
• Members of the NZEF 1914-1918 with a next-of-kin address in Ireland or who were born in Ireland.
  https://www.sooty.nz/irish1nzef.html
  Further Reference

References

• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  Auckland War Memorial Museum Armoury Cenotaph File
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 49
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.