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Military service
Service number:
63136
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
14th Bn.
Birth:
January 6, 1883
Enlistment:
Quebec City, Québec
Death:
September 7, 1916
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Robert and Martha Birrell, of Baillieston, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Birrell
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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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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Digital gallery of
Private Robert Birrell
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Birrell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 54 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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