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Military service
Service number:
415026
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
July 15, 1893
Enlistment:
Bay St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia
Death:
August 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mrs. John T. Burke.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private John Thomas Burke
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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 197 of 926. -
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)
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Private John Thomas Burke
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Burke
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 377 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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