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Military service
Service number:
L/64406
Age:
21
Rank:
Signalman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Birth:
January 12, 1924
Alida, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
January 16, 1942
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
March 9, 1945
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. B. 106.
Additional information
Son of Richard Edwin and Myrtle America Burns. Husband of Madge Burns. Father of Carolyn and Richard.
Digital gallery of Signalman Owen Keith Burns
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Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c. April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Signalman Owen Keith Burns
Digital gallery of
Signalman Owen Keith Burns
Digital gallery of
Signalman Owen Keith Burns
Digital gallery of
Signalman Owen Keith Burns
Digital gallery of
Signalman Owen Keith Burns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 500 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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