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Military service
Age:
31
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Death:
June 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIV. F. 1.
Additional information
Son of Alfred William and Grace Moreton Benham, of Winnipeg, MB. Husband of Millicent Benham.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant John William Benham
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Lieutenant John William Benham is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John William Benham
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John William Benham
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John William Benham
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John William Benham
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John William Benham
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 247 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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