condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Benjamin Andrew Carson

-
Lay a poppy
Portrait (Photograph © Crown Copyright. New Zealand Defence Force 2009 www.nzdf.mil.nz)

Portrait (Photograph © Crown Copyright. New Zealand Defence Force 2009 www.nzdf.mil.nz)

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Benjamin Andrew AWMM
  • Surname
    Carson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ben AWMM
  • Service number
    U1014341 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    9 May 1984 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 2007 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    20 May 2003 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed in an aircraft accident AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Enlisted in the RNZAF 20 May 2003 as an Aircraft Mechanic

    On graduation from Basic and Trade training he was posted to Ohakea, initially as an Aircraft Mechanic, then later as an Aircraft Technician serving at Maintenance Support Squadron and No.3 Squadron.

    He served operationally with No. 3 Squadron in Timor Leste (October 2007 – January 2008) as an Aircraft Technician

    He was selected for Helicopter Crewman training, commencing 10 February 2009 and was awarded a Helicopter Crewman brevet on 7 August 2009, attached as a Helicopter Crewman with No.3 Squadron on the UH-1H Iroquois.

    Killed whilst flying to the ANZAC ceremonies in Wellington

    A full military service was held at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Base, Ohakea on the 29 April 2009 AWMM
Read more

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    25 April 2010 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Pukerua Bay, Wellington Region AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Benjamin Andrew Carson by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Benjamin Andrew Carson

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
17 February 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.