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Bernard William Benge

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Bernard William AWMM
  • Surname
    Benge AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    81889 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Te Puke, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs L.M. Benge (wife), C/o Goodin, 347 High Street, Carterton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    81889 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Lorna; father of Bernice, Stephen, Sue, Lindy, Pat AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    14 April 2005 AWMM
    Age 93 AWMM
    Putaruru, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Putaruru Old Public Cemetery, Putaruru, South Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, April 2005 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Love you Dad and miss you so much.
    Public - Lindy Maylene - Child - 20 November 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 11: WW2 12 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, April 2005 AWMM
    • Dawson, W. (1961). 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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20 November 2016Lindy MayleneKerikeri, NZChild

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