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Military service
Service number:
28
Age:
46
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Birth:
May 29, 1872
Enlistment:
Ontario
Death:
January 10, 1919
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
6. 5. J.
Additional information
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Benson, of Birstall St., Leicester, England; husband of Sarah Ann Benson, of 6, Bendall Rd., Leicester, England.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 530 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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OSHAWA UNION CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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