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About Pte. Charles Ebenezer Bannatyne
Tauranga bushman Charles Ebenezer Bannatyne worked for Gamman's Mill. During World War I he was killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 20 December 1917. Charles Ebenezer Bannatyne was born at Warkworth in Auckland, on 8 October 1882. His parents were John and Emily Mary Bannatyne (née Pulham) who had married in Warkworth on 27 August 1877. Charles worked as a bushman for Gamman's Mill at Omanawa Falls in Tauranga. He enlisted on 7 December 1916. Charles was killed in action at Ypres in Belgium on 20 December 1917. He was aged 35. Charles is remembered on the Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial in Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium and in the Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories. In 2014 Tauranga's 'Field of Remembrance' was created by the Tauranga WW100 Committee. It comprised 107 white crosses in memory of the men from the Tauranga area who died during World War I. Each cross carries a red poppy and the name of an individual who died. Source: Biography by Debbie McCauley (7 December 2014) https://debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/biographies/tauranga-rol....
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- Ancestry.com.
- Archives New Zealand: Military Personnel File.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum: Cenotaph Record.
- Births, Deaths and Marriages Online (New Zealand).
- Cenotaph: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/...
- New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohBa.html / Ref 2.4.2021
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Pte. Charles Ebenezer Bannatyne's Timeline
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October 8, 1882
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Mahurangi, Warkworth, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Birth Registration Number: (reg. 1882/13676). |
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| 1917 |
December 20, 1917
Age 35
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Ypres, Belgium
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December 20, 1917
Age 35
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Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
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