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Private WALTER LUXTON BENCRAFT

Service Number: 3030410
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

116th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 August 1918

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

II. B. 55.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Born at Barnstaple, England. Son of William P. and Fannie L. Bencraft, of 239, Main St., Metuchen, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Personal Inscription DEVOTED SON AND BROTHER FAITHFUL TO HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 764
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