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  • Ashburton
  • Canterbury, New Zealand
  • 45 Wakanui Road, Ashburton
  • Son of William Thompson and Margaret Maria Bennett, of 65, Wakanui Rd., Ashburton, New Zealand.
    Three sisters (Elsie Mary, Bessie Cummins, Eileen Annie); two brothers (Stanley William Bennett, Marvyn Bennett)
  • Recruit New Zealand Expeditionary Force
  • Carter
  • Commemorated on the Ashburton War Memorial

Military service

  • 14 March 1917
  • 54093
  • Private
  • War Service Medal
  • 3rd Bn. Otago Regiment 4th Coy.
  • Embarked from Wellington NZ 16 July 1917; disembarked Liverpool 16 September; left for France 26 October; posted to 4th coy 9 November 1917 .

Death

  • 16 December, Beselare sector
  • Died of gunshot wound to right leg and shoulder, in n°10 CCS
  • 20
  • XXVII - DD - 20

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