Remembering Those Who Served World War I - Yarmouth Connections

Name: Service No Rank Battalion/Service Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Address at Enlistment: Age at Enlistment: Height: Complexion: Eye Colour: Hair Colour: Martial Status: Trade: Religion Next of Kin: Date of Discharge: Previous Military: Date of Death: Cemetery Additional Information:

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

Source: Library and Archives Canada

photo: Wartime Heritage, August 2018