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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Hugh Wilson Cairns

In memory of:

Private Hugh Wilson Cairns

October 14, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

701162

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

43rd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

May 20, 1889

Commemorated on Page 62 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VII. F. 7.

Location:

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of HUGH WILSON CAIRNS– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– 6th Platoon, B Company, 101st Battalion, (shown as WH Cairns)
  • Photo of Hugh Wilson Cairns
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada.  CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames:  Cabana to Campling. Microform Sequence 17; Volume Number 31829_B016726. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 161.  Page 117 of 1024.

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