Benjamin Arthur HAWKINS

Regimental number64502
Place of birthThames
OccupationJockey
Next of kinFather, Harvey Hawkins, Kauaeranga Valley, Thames
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 32nd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 96 Maunganui on 21 November 1917
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Entrenching Battalion
FateDied of disease 29 November 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialNiederzwehren Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No 13), Germany
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: H. Hawkins, Kauaeranga, Thames Valley
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 34