Francis Oswald Bennett

Forenames

Francis Oswald AWMM

Surname

Bennett AWMM

Service number

• WWI 74420 AWMM
• WWII 565509 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

• WW2 Pre 1943 AWMM 56 Armagh St., Christchurch AWMM
• WW2 Pre 1944 AWMM 56 Armagh St., Christchurch AWMM

Next of kin

• WW1 W.F. Bennett (father), Fairview, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Mrs. P.A. Bennett, 56 Armagh St., Christchurch (w) AWMM
• WW2 Mrs. P.A. Bennett, 56 Armagh St., Christchurch (w) AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 1943 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
• Pre 1944 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM

War

• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 74420 AWMM
• WWII 565509 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) (Military) AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Enlistment

• WW1 Medical student/Civilian AWMM
• WW2 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.15 Medical practitioner 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.15
• WW2 1944 2NZEF Nom. Roll 14, p.9 Medical practitioner 2NZEF Nom. Roll 14, p.9

Embarkation details

• WW1 01 Aug 1918-04 Oct 1918 AWMM
  HMNZT 109 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 42nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• WW2 Major/Military 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.15 N.Z. Medical Corps 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.15 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM
• WW2 Lieutenant Colonel/Military 2NZEF Nom. Roll 14, p.9 N.Z. Medical Corps 2NZEF Nom. Roll 14, p.9 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  3rd Embarkation AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24096138
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24054459
  Further Reference

References

• 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.
  p.15
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.9
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
• McKinney, J. (1952). Medical units of 2NZEF in Middle East and Italy. Wellington, N.Z.: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• HMNZT 109 "T.S.S. Tofua" - New Zealand's black watch, "the gallant forty-twa" : the journal of the Forty-Second New Zealand Rfts. on H.M.N.Z.T. 109 "T.S.S. Tofua" -- On board ship : 42 Reinforcements Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1918]