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Military service
Service number:
R/140724
Age:
19
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
431 Sqdn.
Death:
October 22, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 181.
Additional information
Son of William C. D. and Annie Burns, of Roblin, Manitoba, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant William Burns
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Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial Entrance
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of William Burns
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM BURNS
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Graves Registration Form
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Graves Registration Form
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant William Burns is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant William Burns is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Burns
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Burns
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Burns
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Burns
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Burns
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Burns
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Burns
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Burns
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Burns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 142 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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