Albert Bennett. (Vern Bennett.)
A letter about Albert Bennett being wounded. (Vern Bennett.)

Albert Bennett

Albert Bennett of Nelson, British Columbia, enlisted in 1915 and served as a private with the 47th Battalion.

Albert Bennett of Nelson, British Columbia, enlisted in 1915 and served as a private with the 47th Battalion, 11th Canadian Mounted Rifles, and 54th Battalion.

Bennett was born in England in 1881. He died July 22, 1963.

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