Service Details
Name:
 BENSON
Given Name:
 JOHN
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 Z/6
Rank:
 Serjeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
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Unit:
 26th (South African) Sqdn.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly South African Aviation Corps
Date of Death:
 1916-06-23
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Age:
 39
Cause of Death:
 Died of malaria, at German Bridge, near Palms, East Africa
Additional
Information:
Son of William Henry Benson and Isabella Speid Benson, of Woodburn, Bieldside, Aberdeen. Born Aberdeen, Scotland. A Mine Captain's clerk. ref. SAAF ROH by Col. Du Toit. 1914/15 Star sold on eBay Feb. 2008 for 193.88 GBP. Originally buried at German Bridge, Tanganyika
Commemoration
Country:
 Tanzania
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Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 5. G. 3.

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