Samuel BENNETT

Regimental number2/2575
Date of birth3 March 1895
Place of birthAuckland
OccupationShipwright
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs T Bennett, Opotiki, Bay of Plenty
Enlistment date20 October 1915
Rank on embarkationGunner
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankGunner
Final unit5th Battery, 2nd Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of illness 6 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialSt Nicholas' Churchyard (Plot A, Row 4, Grave No 6), Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Polly Bennett, Tirohanga, Opotiki.
Other details

War Service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 33