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Military service
Service number:
CDN/65
Age:
31
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Dorsetshire Regiment
Division:
4TH
Birth:
January 28, 1913
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
September 1, 1939
Montreal, Québec
Death:
July 18, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IX. F. 15.
Additional information
William A. Bennett was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the Dorsetshire Regiment as a CANLOAN Officer.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William Albert Bennett
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny Sur Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
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Grave marker
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM ALBERT BENNETT
Photo taken by Roger Shier, April 7, 2017 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Cornwall (Ontario) Daily Standard Freeholder newspaper c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 248 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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