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Military service
Service number:
803058
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
August 2, 1894
Enlistment:
London, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William and Emma Burnard, of London, Ontario.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Wesley Charles Burnard
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Photo of Wesley Charles Burnard
Enlisted March 16, 1916 wtih the 135th Battalion. Transferred to the 18th Battalion, killed in action at Vimy Ridge. -
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 253 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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Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Charles Burnard
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Charles Burnard
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Charles Burnard
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Charles Burnard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 210 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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