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Military service
Service number:
G/32789
Age:
48
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Saint John Fusiliers (M.G.), R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 3, 1898
South Bay, New Brunswick
Death:
May 10, 1947
West Saint John, New Brunswick
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Lot 17. Sec. C., Avenue M
Additional information
Son of John Lowry and Emma Gertrude (née Cathcart) Burns. Husband of Vivian Burns. Father of Gordon, Robert, Malcolm, Vivian, Norma, Douglas, Bertram of Norton, New Brunswick and Mrs. E. Childs of Saint John, New Brunswick.
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Private William Franklin Burns
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 594 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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SAINT JOHN (CEDAR HILL) CEMETERY New Brunswick, Canada
Manawagonish Road.
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