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Private BENJAMIN HERBERT NEEDS

Service Number: 8/2686
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 November 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM)

VI. O. 32.

Belgium

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1st Coy. Australian Tunnelling Corps
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sarah J. Needs, of Alma, Oamaru, New Zealand. Also served on Gallipoli.
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RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM)
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2463
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