Edwin BENNETT

Regimental number45976
OccupationTelephone exchange clerk
Next of kinMother, Mrs K Bennett, Main Road, Taradale, Napier
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 27th Reinforcements (First Draft), F Company (Part)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 86 Maunganui on 12 June 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 16 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialMeteren Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row M, Grave No 324), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parent: E.W.C.N. Bennett, Taradale, Napier
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 25