24 October 2018

Amos Walter Bonell: CWGC Beechwood

Private Amos Walter Bonell, who died in Kingston on this date 100 years ago, served with the Canadian Garrison Regiment 3rd Bn. having attested on 3 April 1916. He was a tinsmith, the son of Amos and Jane Bonell, of 78, Pretoria Avenue, Ottawa, Ont.

He had several injuries and illnesses while enlisted in Canada, and also served a term of imprisonment for desertion. Death was from pneumonia. He is interred in grave reference: 42. Sec. 22. North-West part. at Beechwood Cemetery.

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