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Military service
Service number:
340204
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
1st Battalion
Birth:
November 21, 1898
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 10, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
C. 14.
Additional information
Son of John and Laura Annie Burrows, of Rhyllon, Hamilton, Bermuda, British West Indies. Served with the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps.
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From "The War Book of Upper Canada College", edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War. -
Memorial Tablet
Private John F. Burrows is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1st, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario. -
Grave Marker
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Cemetery
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 509 of 926.
Digital gallery of
Private John Francis Burrows
Digital gallery of
Private John Francis Burrows
Digital gallery of
Private John Francis Burrows
Digital gallery of
Private John Francis Burrows
Digital gallery of
Private John Francis Burrows
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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