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Military service
Service number:
B/146999
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
April 10, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. A. 11.
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Jean Burns, of Maple, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman William Burns
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Grave Marker
This photo of Rfn Burns' gravemarker was taken in June 2003. -
Photo of William Burns
This image of Rfn Burns was published in a Toronto newspaper in 1945 along with his obituary notice. -
Obituary
Ths obituary of Rfn Burns was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1945 and preserved in a collection of articles by Mrs. Ula Richardson of Toronto. -
Photo 2 of Grave Marker
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Photo of WILLIAM BURNS
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Photo of WILLIAM BURNS
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Newspaper clipping
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Letter
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Letter
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Grave Marker
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Burns
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Burns
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Burns
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Burns
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Burns
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Burns
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Burns
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Burns
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Burns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 500 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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