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Military service
Service number:
412185
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Enlistment:
February 26, 1915
Belleville, Ontario
Death:
August 12, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of James Benson.
Digital gallery of Private Fred Benson
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bell to Bernaquez. Mircoform Sequence 8; Volume Number 31829_B016718; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 152 Page 541 of 670 -
Street sign
Barrie street named in honour of Private Fred Benson with a poppy. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Vespra Cenotaph, Barrie, Ontario -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Benson
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Benson
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Benson
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Benson
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Benson
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Benson
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Benson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 367 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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