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Military service
Service number:
80278
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
July 25, 1889
Tracadie, Antigonish Co., Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
May 15, 1915
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
September 15, 1916
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Additional information
Son of Simon and Elizabeth Chisholm Benoit, of Tracadie, Antigonish Co., Nova Scotia. Pte. Benoit was a grocery clerk in civilian life.
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Photo of Simon James Benoit
From the book, Catholics of the Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia and the Great War 1914- 1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: PIcture Me -
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
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private Simon James Benoit
Digital gallery of
Private Simon James Benoit
Digital gallery of
Private Simon James Benoit
Digital gallery of
Private Simon James Benoit
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 53 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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