BUCKLEY, Benjamin Alfred
(Service number 47310)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 28/04/1872 | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Thomas Buckley (brother), PO Box 17, Waimate | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | NZEF | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 25th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | 26 April 1917 | ||
| Transport | Turakina | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Plymouth, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 12 October 1917 | Age | 45 |
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| Place of Death | Ypres, Belgium | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Benjamin Buckley was the son of Benjamin Alfred and Elizabeth Josephine Buckley (nee Walsh), of Hook, Waimate. Benjamin (senior) and Elizabeth came to New Zraland from Ireland, where they farmned at Hook from the late nineteenth century until around the end of World War One. Benjamin (junior) was born on 28 April 1872.
Benjamin (junior) was a "native of Timaru".
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (October 2013); SCroll web submission by B Buckley, 20 February 2021
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Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald
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