Military service
Service number:
B/42854
Age:
24
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
March 30, 1920
Elora, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 3, 1940
Brantford, Ontario
Death:
July 18, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIV. C. 9.
Additional information
Son of Norman and Hazel Beirnes.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Russell Boyd Beirnes
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Photo of Russell Boyd Beirnes
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Grave Marker
This photo of Rfn Beirnes' gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of The QOR of C on June 6th, 2003. -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell Boyd Beirnes
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell Boyd Beirnes
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell Boyd Beirnes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 246 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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