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Remembering Those Who Served
World War I - Yarmouth Connections
Name:
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Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Date of Enlistment:
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Address at Enlistment:
Age at Enlistment:
Height:
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John William Bennett
40926
Gunner
1st Battery CFA (France)
September 7, 1884
Yarmouth NS
September 21, 1914
Valcartier QC
Yarmouth NS
30
5 feet, 4¾ inches
fair
blue
light brown
Single
Foundry
Roman Catholic
Charles A. Bennett (Father) St. John NB
April 29, 1919
17th Battery, CFA
November 10, 1973
Roman Catholic Cemetery, Yarmouth, NS
Gunner Bennett enlisted with the 29th Field Battery CFA at Valcartier on September 21, 1914. He
embarked at Avonmouth England on February 8, 1915. He served in the 1st Battery CFA in France. On
discharge at demobilization he lived in Yarmouth, NS.
John William Bennett
photo: Wartime Heritage, August 2018