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Driver Benjamin Defehr

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1888-03-29
Place of birth: Winkler Manitoba Canada
Next of kin: Isbrand DeFehr, Father, 917 Hastings St. E., Vancouver, British Columbia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Rancher
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1916-08-25
Cause of death: Executed
Buried: Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, I. A. I3.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 2063
Highest Rank: Driver
Rank detail

Driver (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 44379
LAC ID: 350955
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B2406-S032
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Isbrand and Katherine DeFehr of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Tried for Murder on August 22, 1916 and executed by firing squad at dawn on August 25, 1916. Executed for killing Regimental Sergeant-Major James R. Scott on August 19, 1916.

Uploader's Research notes: A. B. Godefroy For Freedom And Honour? [Driver Army Canadian Army Service Corps 1st Reserve Park ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2009-11-07