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Soldier Information Cards - World War One
Transcription
Benn, Louis Kossuth
Private.
Enlisted August 5, 1914 with the 1st Battalion. He did not transfer.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Born June 15, 1894 in Bradford, York, England and educated in England. He left England for Canada on August 4, 1911. Unmarried.
He was discharged February 7, 1916 and he died at the Galt Hospital from Spanish Influenza contracted while nursing other cases.
His mother (Mrs. Benn) lives at Ellis Crossing near Hespeler. Her address is Box 274, Preston. Ontario.
He left Preston for Valcartier Camp August 10, 1914 and sailed for England during November 1914. He went to France in February 1915. He received a shrapnel wound in the back at Langemark.
Ula Pateman, Box 274, Preston.