Charles Basil Bennet

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Charles Basil AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Bennet AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

• Charlie Bennet AWMM
• Charlie Y.M. AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 38188 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Pono

Undenominational AWMM

Whānautanga mai

5 Jul 1908 AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

WW2 Pre 06 Nov 1940 AWMM YMCA Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Mahi whai muri i te pakanga

Hostel Manager, United Maori Mission/Civilian AWMM

Uri kiritahi

WW2 Mr T. Bennet (father), 27 Gresham Street, Andersons Bay, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 08 Nov 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Italy AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 38188 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

Otago Mounted Rifles (3 years) AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) (Civil) AWMM
  Mr. Bennet of the NZ YMCA has been attached to this unit since the first Libyan campaign. During all this time he has served the men of this unit with absolute devotion and loyalty, and during periods of front-line fighting, with complete disregard for his own personal safety. Mr. Bennett has always been untiring in his efforts to bring cheer to the men, and even when bullets have been flying and shells bursting, Mr. Bennett could be seen on his own vehicle or on a Bren carrier, distributing comforts to the men. The shell-splinters and holes in his vehicle bear witness to the thoroughness with which he did his ob and of the personal courage that he has always displayed.Mr. Bennett has been a great influence in the unit, both spiritually and physically, and has always shown qualities of consideration and courage that have been a great source of inspiration to all the men of his unit. (London Gazette 21/3/1944) AWMM
• 1939-1945 Star AWMM
• Africa Star (8th Army clasp) AWMM
• Italy Star AWMM
• Defence Medal AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 with oak leaf AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 06 Nov 1940 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.36 Secretary/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.36

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Mr (YMCA Secretary)/Military 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.36 Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), attached 28 Maori Battalion 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.36 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW2 8 Nov 1945 AWMM
End of war AWMM

Matenga

3 Sept 1978 AWMM
Age  70 AWMM

Urupā

Waikaraka Cemetery, 1 Alfred Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Area 2, Row F, Plot 26 (RSA Section) AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. Personal page
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/charles-basil-bennet
  Further Reference
• National Army Museum - Te Rau Aroha
  http://www.armymuseum.co.nz/military-hardware/museum-collection.html#CanteenTruck
  Further Reference
• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. Te Rau Aroha, the mobile canteen.
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/memory/te-rau-aroha-the-mobile-canteen
  Further Reference
• Cody, J.F. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference
• A short interview with Charlie Bennet can be heard on Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision's online catalogue
  https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=152131
  Further Reference
• Johnston, Sarah. (2023). “With the boys overseas: How Homefront listeners shaped the work of Aotearoa New Zealand's first battlefront broadcasters”. New Zealand Journal of Public History, 9, 33-58.
  https://phanza.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Sarah-Johnston-With-the-Boys-Overseas.pdf
  Further Reference
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 12: WW2 15
• Auckland Museum Armoury Resource Centre, Biographical vertical file
  (copy) on file
• Bennet, Charles Basil. Road Guide to Native Schools, 1945 - 1946. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2011/17.
• 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.
  p.36
• Information kindly provided by family
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.