Benjamin CLARKSON

Regimental number14944
OccupationContractor
Next of kinWife, Mrs B Clarkson, Port Robertson, Cheviot
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 June 1916
Members of 14th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company, left Wellington on two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible to determine from the Nominal Roll on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Agnes Clarkson. Wife: Sarah M Carter (formerly Clarkson), Point Chevalier, Auckland. Native of Woolston, Christchurch
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 10