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Military service
Service number:
D/7581
Age:
24
Rank:
Lance Bombardier
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
14 Field Regt.
Birth:
January 10, 1920
Lachine, Québec
Enlistment:
June 22, 1940
Montreal, Québec
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. D. 6.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Grace Birss of Montreal, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Lance Bombardier John Robert Birss
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Photo of John Birss
In memory of the students of West Hill High School, Montreal Quebec. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Bruce MacFarlane -
Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Bombardier John Robert Birss
Digital gallery of
Lance Bombardier John Robert Birss
Digital gallery of
Lance Bombardier John Robert Birss
Digital gallery of
Lance Bombardier John Robert Birss
Digital gallery of
Lance Bombardier John Robert Birss
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 250 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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