Military service
Service number:
7455
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
February 18, 1900
Paardeberg, South Africa
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John L. and Jane (nee Hand) Burns of Ottawa, Ontario. Originally served with the 43rd Ottawa and Carleton Rifles.
Digital gallery of Private Oliver Thomas Burns
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Photo of OLIVER THOMAS BURNS
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Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
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Letter
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Memorial
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Memorial
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Memorial
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Monument
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Newspaper clipping
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War Memorial
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Inscription
Digital gallery of
Private Oliver Thomas Burns
Digital gallery of
Private Oliver Thomas Burns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 6 of the South African War / Nile Expedition Book of Remembrance.
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VENDUSIEDRIFT GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE (PAARDEBERG) South Africa
Located 9.1 km from the Paardeberg Museum. Follow the dirt road and turn right at the Cannon sign, travel 600 m then turn right and travel a further 200 m.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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