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Private JOHN WILLIAMSON BENISON

Service Number: 2995
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 September 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

H. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Ann Benison; husband of Emmaline May Currer (formerly Benison), of 26, Trimdon St., Sunderland.
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Buried or commemorated at

BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 185
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