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William Frederick Bentley

  • Service number
    WWI 19839 AWMM
  • Also known as
    William Fredrick AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Frederick AWMM
  • Surname
    Bentley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    William Fredrick AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 19839 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1870 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 December 2023 - Family Research
  • Place of birth
    Lawrence, NZ Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 December 2023 - Family Research
  • Birth notes
    Son of Richard & Elizabeth BENTLEY originally from England Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 December 2023 - Family Research
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Bookbinder/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Margaret Bentley (wife), 49 Thompson Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    1902 William Frederick BENTLEY married Margaret Thomson WALKER in Invercargill - they lived in Gisborne in the early 1900's Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 December 2023 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 19839 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Bookbinder/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
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Margaret Thomson Bentley; father of Walter, Mavis and Dorothy

    Named misspelled Fredrick on the Nominal Roll and at Archway (2011) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 August 1942 AWMM
    Age 73 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers, 39 D/3 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    BENTLEY.—On August 15, 1942, at Wellington, William Frederick, loved husband of Margaret Thomson Bentley, and father of Walter, Mavis, and Dorothy; aged 73 years. Reg. 2 No: 19839 Samoan Relief Force Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 December 2023 - EVENING POST, VOLUME CXXXIV, ISSUE 41, 17 AUGUST 1942, PAGE 1
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14 December 2023Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher

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