Military service
Service number:
B/73375
Age:
35
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Birth:
June 15, 1908
Aberdeen, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 18, 1939
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 25, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
D, C, 420.
Additional information
Son of Noah and Jane Birnie. Husband of Marjorie Pearl Birnie, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Peter Birnie
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Photo of PETER BIRNIE
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Photo of PETER BIRNIE
Private Peter Birnie with his family in Toronto before he went overseas. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Badge
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Entrance
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Photo 2 of Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Headstone of Peter Birnie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Peter Birnie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Peter Birnie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Peter Birnie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Peter Birnie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Peter Birnie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Peter Birnie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Peter Birnie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Peter Birnie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Peter Birnie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 137 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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