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

Cenotaph record

William Dove Benfell

Lay a poppy
Headstone of Ld Rad Me William Dove BENFELL 4051. Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 17240. Image kindly provided by Allan Steel CC-BY 4.0.

Headstone of Ld Rad Me William Dove BENFELL 4051. Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Counc …

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Dove AWMM
  • Surname
    Benfell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    NZ4051 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Catherine May Benfell (wife), 20 Signal Hill Road, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›
  • Embarkation details

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
    Accidentally drowned AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Son of Ernest Alfred Benfell, and of Florence Benfell (nee Dove); husband of Catherine May Benfell, of Dunedin, Otago.

    Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    • 6 July 1943 AWMM
      Age 30 AWMM
      AWMM
    • 6 July 1943 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 30 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Andersons Bay Cemetery, Tomahawk Road, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM 40. 172 AWMM
    • Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 172, Plot 40 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember William Dove Benfell by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of William Dove Benfell

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›

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.