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Military service
Service number:
466462
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Birth:
July 24, 1890
Enlistment:
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mrs. R. Jolliffe (formerly Burns), of Medicine Hat, Alberta, and the late W. J. Burns, of England; husband of Margaret Burns, of 800, Allowance Avenue, Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private William John Burns
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private William John Burns
Digital gallery of
Private William John Burns
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