Sapper Ernest Owen Benson
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Benson,
Ernest Owen
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
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CWGC ID: 425350
LAC ID:
38929
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 ]
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