In Memory Of

BENSON, JOHN

Service Details
Age:
 39
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 Z/6
Rank:
 Serjeant
Unit:
 26th (South African) Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
Former Regiment:
 formerly South African Aviation Corps
Date of Death:
 1916-06-23
Cause of Death:
 Died of malaria, at German Bridge, near Palms, East Africa
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 5. G. 3.
Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Tanzania
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