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Military service
Service number:
502324
Age:
41
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
2nd Field Coy.
Birth:
October 5, 1875
Death:
August 15, 1917
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Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Millburn, of Dalbeatie, Scotland; husband of Mary Ann McCaig (formerly Millburn, nee Henderson), of Iberville, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Sapper Alexander Millburn
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Alexander Millburn
Sapper Alexander Richardson Milburn, 1916 (Surname listed as 'Millburn' in records in error).
Digital gallery of
Sapper Alexander Millburn
Digital gallery of
Sapper Alexander Millburn
Digital gallery of
Sapper Alexander Millburn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 294 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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