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Military service
Service number:
148230
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
78th Bn.
Birth:
June 24, 1895
Enlistment:
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
Death:
November 19, 1916
Burial/memorial information
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Son of John and Mary Benstead of Church St., Fen Ditton, Cambridge, England.
Brother of Private Herbert Charles Benstead, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
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Photo of John Benstead
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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) -
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Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private John Benstead
Digital gallery of
Private John Benstead
Digital gallery of
Private John Benstead
Digital gallery of
Private John Benstead
Digital gallery of
Private John Benstead
Digital gallery of
Private John Benstead
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 53 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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