Profile image
Military service
Service number:
163156
Age:
38
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
November 16, 1878
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 2, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
November 18, 1916
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Albert Thomas and Mary Smith. Brother of Pheobe Carter and Albert T. Smith of Toronto, Ontario.
Additional citations
British War Medal (1914-18);
Victory Medal (1914-18)
Digital gallery of Private Benjamin John Smith
-
Newspaper Clipping
-
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of BENJAMIN JOHN SMITH
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin John Smith
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin John Smith
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin John Smith
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin John Smith
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin John Smith
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin John Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 164 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.