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Personal data

• Name RUST
• Initials BH
• First name BENJAMIN HENRY
• Place of birth Norfolk
• Country England, United Kingdom
• Family Son of Robert and Amy Lillias Rust, of Norwich Road, North Walsham, Norfolk, England.
• Profession Bank clerk

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 23 September 1914, Valcartier, Quebec
• Rank Captain
• Regiment and unit 13th Bn. Québec Regiment (Royal Highlanders of Canada)
• Division - Brigade 3rd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Canadian Division
• National force C.E.F.

Death

• Wounded When in the front line encouraging his men during a heavy bombardment by the enemy on the night Jult 17th, 1916, he was hit and had his thigh fractured by a piece of a trench mortar shell.
• Type of wounds Died of wounds in n°2 Canadian Field Ambulance.
• Date of death 19 July 1916
• Died at the age of 25
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery IX - A - 6

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