Richard Crawford Bentley

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Richard Crawford AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Bentley AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

• R.C.T. Crawford AWMM
• Robert Crawford BENTLAY
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 June 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/richard-crawford-bentlay

Nama Hōia

37379 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM 14 Leith Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs A.W. Bentley (mother), Levuku, Fiji, Pacific Islands AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Western Desert AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

37379 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Storeman/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Private AWMM Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private AWMM
22 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Richard Bentley was the son of Richard Henry Crawford Bentlay and Amelia Winifrid Bentlay, of Levuka, Fiji.

Remembered on the Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna.

Surname is recorded as Bentlay on CWGC. Named R.C.T. Crawford on other Takapuna War Memorials AWMM

Matenga

28 Jun 1942 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Takapuna War Memorial, (ex RSA Roll, on a boulder), The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Takapuna Grammar School War Memorial, (Foyer, Library), 210 Lake Road, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Takapuna War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/takapuna-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Takapuna Grammar School virtual tour
  http://www.takapuna.school.nz/about/virtual-tour/
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2119584
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 37
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.