Driver Benjamin Defehr
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1888-03-29
Place of birth: Winkler Manitoba Canada
Next of kin: Isbrand DeFehr, Father, 917 Hastings St. E., Vancouver, British Columbia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Rancher
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1916-08-25
Cause of death:
Executed
Buried:
Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, I. A. I3.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 2063
Highest Rank:
Driver
Rank detail
Driver (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 44379
LAC ID:
350955
Service file: B2406-S032
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Isbrand and Katherine DeFehr of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Tried for Murder on August 22, 1916 and executed by firing squad at dawn on August 25, 1916. Executed for killing Regimental Sergeant-Major James R. Scott on August 19, 1916.
Uploader's Research notes: A. B. Godefroy For Freedom And Honour? [Driver Army Canadian Army Service Corps 1st Reserve Park ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2009-11-07