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Private JOSEPH THOMAS BENSON

Service Number: E/30972
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Nova Scotia Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 14 August 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA

V. G. 1.

Algeria

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Thomas Benson and Amy Benson, of Glen Haven, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription OFT I SEE HIS SMILING FACE AS HE LEFT HIS HOME FOR EVER IN A DISTANT LAND TO DIE R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA
Algeria
Number of casualties: 888
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