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Bruce Scott Bennett

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Gunner Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Bruce Scott AWMM
  • Surname
    Bennett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 5193 AWMM
    • 13/2718 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 January 1883 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    20 January 1883 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - BMD NZ records
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - BMD NZ records
  • Birth notes
    son of Charles Debenham and Jessie BENNETT Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - BMD NZ records
  • Address before enlistment
    pre SA War: Childers Rd, Gisborne
    pre WWI: Thames Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs F. Bennett (mother), Thames, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • father - Charles Debenham Bennett, Childers Rd, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Relationship status
    pre SA War: single
    married 1912 - Florence Irene Read Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Military Record & Research

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    SA: Transvaal, OFS & Cape Colony; WWI: Egyptian & EC & Western Europe Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • SA War: NZ Mounted Rifles; WWI: 1st NZEF Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Service number
    • 5193 AWMM
    • 13/2718 AWMM
  • Military service
    • 8th & 9th NZ Contingents & NZ Field Artillery Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Military Record
    • 1902 & 1915 - 1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    WWI - SA Boer War Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Military Records
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
    • SA War: 22 Jan 1902 at Trentham
      WWI: 18 October 1915 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Military Records
  • Occupation before enlistment
    pre SA War: Carpenter Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    SA War: 20 yrs; WWI: 33 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Military Records

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
    1918 - Hospitalized due to sickness Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Gunner Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Father was named Charles Debenham Bennett. AWMM
    • Bruce Scott Bennett
      Born January 20, 1883 Gisborne, New Zealand
      Died September 20, 1957 in Sydney, NSW, Australia
      Cause of death: Acute Respiratory Failure
      Son of Charles Debenham and Jessie Bennett
      Husband of Mary Stella Bennett
      Husband of Florence Irene Bennett - divorced
      Brother of Charles John Dunlop Bennett; Ruby Cecilia Bennett; Violet Ellen Scott; Madeline Mary Murphy; Hugh Pitt Bennett; and Daisy Adela Elizabeth Thomson Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Research
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    20 September 1957 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Research
  • Age at death
    74 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Research
  • Place of death
    Sydney Australia Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Research
  • Cause of death
    Acute Respiratory Failure Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Research
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Concord Cemetery Australia AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Gisborne's SA War Memorial - refer document attached Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 July 2015 - Research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    War Memorial Theatre, 159 Bright Street, Gisborne AWMM

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18 August 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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