Second Lieutenant

Henry Benson

Secondary Memorial: 
Te Karaka War Memorial
Conflict: 
WW1
References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number: 
7/1545
Name:
Henry Benson
Rank: 
Second Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Henry Benson (father), Edgehill, Liverpool, England
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Whatauitu, Poverty Bay, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
31 March 1918
Day of Death:
Sunday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
6th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 August 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 27
HMNZT 28
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
C. 114.
Cemetery Location: 
Syria
Henry Benson
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