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Sapper Ernest Owen Benson

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1872-05-29
Place of birth: Leicester
Next of kin: Sarah Benson (wife); 6 Rendell Road, Leicester, England
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): shoemaker
Occupation (normalized): Shoe-maker, General
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1919-01-10
Cause of death: Died of illness
Buried: Oshawa Union Cemetery, 6. 5. J.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 28
Highest Rank: Sapper
Rank detail

Sapper (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Oshawa, ON cenotaph

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 425350
LAC ID: 38929
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B0661-S005
Uploader's Notes: Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Benson, of Birstall St., Leicester, England; husband of Sarah Ann Benson, of 6 Rendell Rd., Leicester, England.
Uploader's Research notes: Died of tuberculosis shortly after the war ended.
September 2019 - BWM offered on eBay. [Sapper Army Canadian Engineers 2nd Divisional Signals Company 2nd Canadian Divisional Signal Co ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2019-09-24