Joseph Leonard Benton

Forenames

Joseph Leonard AWMM

Surname

Benton AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/3482 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs H. Benton (mother), Greytown, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/3482 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Motor Mechanic/Military AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 08 Jan 1916-08 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 37 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 9th Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Death

1 Oct 1918 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Ribecourt Railway Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM B. 9 AWMM

Memorial name

• Memorial gates, Greytown Soldiers Memorial Park, Kuratawhiti Street, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
• Memorial trees, 117 lime trees, Avenue of Remembrance, Greytown Soldiers Memorial Park, Kuratawhiti Street, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22275620
  Further Reference
• Greytown Memorial Park
  http://www.greytown.co.nz/thingstodo/park.html
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Greytown war memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/greytown-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/301836/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/301836
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  21: 19
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)