Serial Number: NZ41
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Date of Enlistment: 1941
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Date of Birth: Born on the 2nd of October 1917 in England
Personal Details: The only child of James and Nan Linsley, Ben was born in England, and the family moved from Grimsby to New Zealand in 1922. After initially settling in Auckland, they soon relocated to Cambridge, where Ben's parent's became very involved with the community and St Andrew's Church in Cambridge. Ben's father worked for Sayers and Ward as a buyer from the time he moved to Cambridge till he retired in 1950, when the couple moved to Te Awamutu to look after Nan's widowed aunty. James and Nan died within days of each other in March 1975.

Ben was educated at Cambridge Primary School having transferred there from Te Awamutu District High School.

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