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Cenotaph record

Walter Tom Bent

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter Tom AWMM
  • Surname
    Bent AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 92536 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 February 1878 AWMM Exeter, Devon AWMM
    Exeter, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 27 June 1918 AWMM Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Muriel Agnes Bent (wife), Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 1 child AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 92536 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 27 June 1918 AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 7 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      118 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      grey AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Muriel Agnes nee Franklyn m 1909; father of Phyllis Adeline b 1913, Tauranga.

    Attested June 1918, entered Camp 10 October 1918

    Listed as Reserves on NZSG WW1 index (2002) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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