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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
43rd Bn.
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
August 28, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Milly Burns, of 3040, Fifth Avenue West, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digitized service file.
Additional citations
Italian Bronze Medal for Military Valour.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant George Herbert Burns
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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 347 of 926. -
Inscription
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)
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Herbert Burns
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Herbert Burns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 377 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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