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Military service
Service number:
446589
Age:
35
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
"A" Coy. 31st Bn.
Birth:
August 20, 1881
Enlistment:
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
September 24, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Annie Benjamin, of Millhead, Carnforth, Lancs, England; husband of Edith Benjamin, of Exshaw, Alberta.
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bell to Bernaquez. Mircoform Sequence 8; Volume Number 31829_B016718; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 152 Page 365 of 670 -
War Memorial
War Memorial, Exshaw, Alberta. Located at the Royal Canadian Legion, Heart Mountain Branch No 179. -
Close up of names
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Exshaw street view of Veteran's Way
A view of Veterans' Way, Heart Mountain Drive, in Exshaw, Alberta. -
Inscription
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) -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Benjamin
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Benjamin
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Benjamin
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Benjamin
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Benjamin
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Benjamin
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Benjamin
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Benjamin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 53 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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