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Military service
Age:
52
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Division:
2nd Field Ambulance
Enlistment:
Sarnia, Ontario
Death:
April 5, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
LA. 657.
Additional information
Son of John and Julia Rogers Bentley; husband of Alice S. Bentley, Sarnia, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Major David Benjamin Bentley
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Honour Roll
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of David Bentley
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Photo of David Bentley
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1918. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto was built in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Their names are carved on the Memorial Screen. Photo: K. Parks. -
Memorial Room
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of DAVID BENJAMIN BENTLEY
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
RAMSGATE AND ST. LAWRENCE CEMETERY Kent, United Kingdom
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