English Māori Roland Egerton Bennett Born 5 January 1872 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 12702 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rank WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait of Lieutenant Roland Egerton Bennett, Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 1 / F788 29. Image i … View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesRoland Egerton AWMM SurnameBennett AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 12702 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth5 January 1872 AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentWW1 Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationWW1 Dr F. Bennett (father), Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Relationship status Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 12702 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and AwardsMilitary 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. AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Accountant/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 27 May 1916 AWMM from Wellington, New Zealand AWMMHMNZT 54 or HMNZT 55 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Tofua AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 13th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes Last known rank Contribute › Last rank Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Death About death Contribute › Death Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Roland Egerton Bennett by laying a poppy. Robert William George Bennett Robin Walburn Bennett Roland Egerton Bennett Ronald Henry Bennett Ronald Jack Bennett Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Roland Egerton Bennett Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects Homeward bound : S.S. Briton Library / Pictorial › publication Wellington, N.Z. D526.2 HOM Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20544336 Further Reference DocumentsNew 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 Homeward bound : S.S. Briton. As transport H.M.N.Z.T. No. 268 the S.S. "Briton" departed Tilbury, London, 17 June 1919. AWMM 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. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
