Source: Possibly related to a Postal Note fraud per 2nd Cdn. Div. A.P.M. war diary July 22, 1915. There appears not to be a connection with this soldier but during the writing of the blog article this soldier’s regiment number was found.
Family Search: When Private Benjamin Clark was born on 30 September 1880, in Broughton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Clark, was 41 and his mother, Elizabeth Valentine, was 35. He married Rose Emma Harris in April 1901 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in East Haddon, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, in 1891 and Preston Deanery, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, in 1911. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1942, at the age of 62, his occupation is listed as assistant manager, Henry Morgan Department Store in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He died on 30 December 1942, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 62, and was buried in National Field of Honour Cemetery, Pointe-Claire, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
“The Montreal Gazette – Jan 1, 1943
Benjamin Clark of Verdun died suddenly Dec 30, 1942, at Montreal General Hospital, in his 63rd year. Born in England, he came to Canada in the early part of this century and went overseas again, in 1914, with the Canadian Artillery. Returning in 1919, Mr. Clark settled in Montreal, and for the past 15 years had been on the maintenance staff of Henry Morgan and Co.
Surviving are his wife, the former Rose Harris of England; one son, Maurice, in the Canadian Artillery; and two daughters, Mrs. H. Pearce of Stamford, Ont., and Mrs. J. Dick of Montreal.
Born, 30th Sept 1880, Broughton, Northamptonshire, Eng.
Wife, Rose Emma Clark of Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire, Eng.
Benjamin Clark married Rose Emma Harris, 1901, Bedfordshire, England.”
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 