Military service
Service number:
B/55916
Age:
22
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Birth:
January 7, 1922
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 4, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 7, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. G. 10.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Mabel Benson, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Corporal Arthur Lionel Benson
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Photo of Arthur Lionel Benson
Arthur Benson, age 20, invasion of Italy. -
Photo of Arthur and his brother, Jim
Arthur (right) and his brother Jim Benson before enlistment in the Canadian Army. -
Photo 2 of Arthur Lionel Benson
Arthur Benson loved to ride horses. -
Photo 3 of Arthur Lionel Benson
Jim and Arthur Benson upon enlistment. Arthur's fraternal brother Jim was consigned to the D day invasion and fought in the liberation of Holland. Jim and Arthur's father, Thomas, served in World War One. Their uncle, James Smith, also served and was killed in action. -
Family Photo
The Benson children: Mabel Constance, Florence 'Fawn' Erica, James Victor, and Arthur Lionel. Mable was born before World War One, the rest of the children after. Their father Thomas served overseas for six years.
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Lionel Benson
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Lionel Benson
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Lionel Benson
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Lionel Benson
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Lionel Benson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 248 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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