Profile

BENNETT, James
(Service number 61028)

Orari War Memorial in 2010
Orari Hall Roll of Honour, 1914-1918
Opihi College Roll of Honour
Opihi College Roll of Honour
Aliases
First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs S. Bennett (mother), Orari
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation NZEF
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 30th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date 13 October 1917
Transport Corinthic
Embarked From Wellington Destination Liverpool, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 10 October 1918 Age
Place of Death Le Cateau, France
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery St Aubert British Cemetery, Nord, France
Memorial Reference V. D. 25
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine Church Memorial; Geraldine War Memorial; Orari War Memorial; Temuka War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Sources

Temuka through the years: an informal history (Temuka History Book Committee, 2009); Cenotaph Sep 2013

External Links

Related Documents

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Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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