William Dove Benfell

Leading Radio Mechanic

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Ernest Alfred Benfell, and of Florence Benfell (nee Dove); husband of Catherine May Benfell, of Dunedin, Otago.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING. PRESUMED DROWNED—NOW RECLASSIFIED AS DROWNED ACCIDENTALLY Benfell, Leading Radio Mechanic William Dove, Dunedin. Wilson, Ordinary Seaman Maurice Keith Frederick.Wellington. Griffith, Ordinary Seaman Rowland William, Auckland. GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXX, ISSUE 21151, 20 JULY 1943, PAGE 4

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Casualty

Service Number:

4051

Name:

William Dove Benfell

Rank:

Leading Radio Mechanic

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Navy, HMNZS Philomel

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Accidentally Drowned

Date of Death:

06 July 1943

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Dunedin (Anderson's Bay) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

40. 172.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand