Identity
Title
Forenames
Roland Egerton AWMM
Surname
Bennett AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
Service number
WWI 12702 AWMM
Gender
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Hapū
Waka
Rohe
Religion
Civilian life
Birth
5 January 1872 AWMM
Date of birth
Place of birth
Birth notes
Address before enlistment
WW1 Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
Post war occupation
Next of kin on embarkation
WW1 Dr F. Bennett (father), Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
Relationship status
Service
Medals and Awards
Military Cross (MC) AWMM 6 April 1918
AWMM ieutenant Bennett went at once to the gun-pit under fire, and, with total disregard of personal safety, assisted to remove the wounded when his battery was very heavily shelled and the whole of one detachment had become casualties. His influence on his men was splendid. London Gazette.
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Death
Death
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Sources
External links
Documents
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
33: 17 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. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
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