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Military service
Service number:
210122
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
May 24, 1897
Enlistment:
Welland, Ontario
Death:
May 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Henry and Sarah Burd, of Crystal Beach, Ontario.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Robert James Burd
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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 47 of 926. -
Memorial
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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Private Robert James Burd
Digital gallery of
Private Robert James Burd
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 210 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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