George BENNETT

Regimental number10/677
Date of birth6 June 1887
Place of birthHeathcote Valley, Canterbury
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressManaia
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinS A Bennett, Hobson and Cullen Streets, New Plymouth
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNew Plymouth
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Discharge date17 June 1915
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Admitted to No.1 Australian General Hospital, Lemnos, 22 April 1922 (chancroid); transferred to Egypt, 25 April 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand, 4 May 1915 (venereal disease); discharged (medically unfit), 17 June 1915).

Re-enlisted, 31 December 1915, and embarked with 12th Reinforcements (see 12006 George McIntosh BENNETT).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death9 June 1935 New Plymouth
Age at death52
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22274700