Charles BENNETT

Regimental number57013
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinSister, Mrs Eva Waghorn, Chorlton via Little Akaloa
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements (Second Draft), J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 90 Ulimaroa on 26 July 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 17 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records45
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot X, Row F, Grave No 1), Poperinge, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Brother: Commandant A. Bennett, The Salvation Army, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 69, p. 36

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