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William Atherton Bennett

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 23), Page: 8 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 23), Page: 8 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Atherton AWMM
  • Surname
    Bennett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    13/2980 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1872 AWMM Plymouth, Devon AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Sophia Graham Bennett (wife), Papamoa, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 29 February 1916 AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 5 children AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    13/2980 AWMM
  • Military service
    • Territorial Force AWMM
    • Mounted Rifles (Tauranga, Te Puke, Waikato) 1900-1908 AWMM
    • Reserve of Officers 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 9 October 1915 AWMM
    Age 44 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Sophia Graham nee Snodgrass.

    Father William Atherton Bennett (13/2980)] and two sons Walter Atherton Bennett (13/292) and Geoffrey Robert Bennett (70024) served in WW1.

    Served in South Africa for 12 months with the 1st Mounted Rifles, but it was prior to the South African War and did not qualify for active service. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    6 August 1950 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
    Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Te Puke (old) Cemetery, corner Landscape Road & State Highway 33, Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Te Puke School War Memorial, Te Puke Primary School, Te Puke, Bay of Plenty AWMM

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Sources

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  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      23: 8 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers. AWMM

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