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Military service
Service number:
623139
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
27th Bn.
Birth:
August 20, 1897
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William W. Burns, of Manitoba Agricultural College, Winnipeg, and the late Genevia May Burns.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private William Frank Burns
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photos and Mailing Envelope
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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 427 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) -
Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of William Frank Burns
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Frank Burns
Digital gallery of
Private William Frank Burns
Digital gallery of
Private William Frank Burns
Digital gallery of
Private William Frank Burns
Digital gallery of
Private William Frank Burns
Digital gallery of
Private William Frank Burns
Digital gallery of
Private William Frank Burns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 61 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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