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Military service
Service number:
892592
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Birth:
February 22, 1897
Kinkora, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
July 9, 1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
August 9, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 7.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Mary Cairns.
Digital gallery of Private James Cairns
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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 121 of 1024. -
Group Photo
Photo of James Cairns on the left and his brother Edward Cairns on the right – Photo submitted by On The War Memorial Trail research project
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Private James Cairns
Digital gallery of
Private James Cairns
MANITOBA CEMETERY, CAIX Somme, France
Caix is a village 24 kilometres east of Amiens, between the road to St Quentin and Roye. The Manitoba Cemetery is situated between the village of Caix and Beaufort.
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