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Herbert Kenneth Benseman

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Herbert Kenneth AWMM
  • Surname
    Benseman AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    35513 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 178 Somme Parade, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs T. Benseman (wife), 178 Somme Parade, Wanganui, 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
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    35513 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW2 Private AWMM

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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Herbert Benseman was the son of Kenneth George and Jessie Irene Benseman, of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand.

    He married Amy Lily Benseman (maiden name unknown), of Gonville, Wanganui, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    23 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Sidi Rezegh, Western Desert AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM

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