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==Other appointments== <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Rbbennettengland.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Inspecting the Calgary Highlanders in England, 12 February 1943. Pipe Major Neil Sutherland at left]] --> Bennett was Honorary Colonel of the [[103rd Regiment (Calgary Rifles)]] from 1914 to the dissolution of the regiment in 1920.<ref>Dorosh, Michael A., ''Calgary's Infantry Regiment: A Pictorial History of the Calgary Highlanders'', Calgary Highlanders Regimental Funds Foundation, 2024, p.40</ref> Bennett was the Honorary Colonel of the [[Calgary Highlanders]] from the year of their designation as such in 1921 to his death in 1947. He visited the Regiment in England during the Second World War, and always ensured the 1st Battalion had a turkey dinner at Christmas every year they were overseas, including the Christmas of 1944 when the battalion was holding front line positions in the [[Nijmegen]] Salient. Bennett served as the [[Rector (academia)|Rector]] of [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]] in [[Kingston, Ontario]], from 1935 to 1937, even while he was still prime minister. At the time, this role covered mediation for significant disputes between Queen's students and the university administration.<ref>''The Authentic Voice of Canada'', by Christopher McCreery and Arthur Milnes (editors), [[Kingston, Ontario]], McGill β Queen's University Press, Centre for the Study of Democracy, 2009, pp. 197β198.</ref>
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