Charles Edward BENNET

Regimental number14372
OccupationHotel employee
Next of kinMother, Mrs M A Bennet, Howick, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 June 1916
The Infantry component of the 14th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunaganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 26 October 1916 6
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No 17), Armentieres, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur Ernest Bennet and Mary Annie Bennet, Howick, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 3

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