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Military service
Service number:
A/36215
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
"A" Coy. 4th Bn.
Birth:
December 10, 1887
Minnedosa, Manitoba
Enlistment:
January 6, 1915
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
June 13, 1916
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of James Alfred and Hannah (Debnam) Benton, of Innisfail, Alberta.
Additional citations
1914-1915 Star; British War Medal (1914-18); Victory Medal (1914-18)
Digital gallery of Private Roger Alfred Benton
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Newspaper Clipping
Photo on right. From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Roger Alfred Benton
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Roger Alfred Benton
Digital gallery of
Private Roger Alfred Benton
Digital gallery of
Private Roger Alfred Benton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 53 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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