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BENNEWITH, George James
(Service number 55402)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	29/03/1897	Place of Birth	West Ham, London, England

Enlistment Information

Date	13 April 1917	Age	20 years
Address at Enlistment	36 High Street, Timaru
Occupation	Mechanic
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs L. BENNEWITH (mother), 36 High Street, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 2 inches. Weight 6 stone 8 lbs.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	28th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	26 July 1917
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Regiment

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

Wounds

Post-war Occupations

Labourer

Death

Date	17 May 1953	Age	56 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause	Carcinoma of the stomach
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 115, Plot 8
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

George James Bennewith, born on 29 March 1897 at West Han, England, was resident at Timaru with his mother when he enlisted.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [22 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [22 December 2016]

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