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BENNETT, Francis Oswald
(Service number 74420)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	19/02/1898	Place of Birth	Christchurch

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Fairview, Timaru
Occupation	Medical student
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	W. F. BENNETT (father), Fairview, Timaru
Religion	Brethren
Medical Information

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	42nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps
Date	1 August 1918
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
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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

Medical practitioner

Death

Date	"1976	Age
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Francis Oswald was the first-born of William Francis and Rose Maria (née Harrow) Bennett. He was educated in Timaru and Christchurch. Francis returned to New Zealand in March 1919 per the "Athenic". He married Pearl Allan Brash in 1927.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [16 March 2019]; NZ BDM records (Department of Internal Affairs) [16 March 2019]; School Admission record (Canterbury Branch NZSG) [16 March 2019]; Sun, 8 March 1919 (Papers Past) [16 March 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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