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Military service
Service number:
D/140143
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Death:
March 9, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. G. 1.
Additional information
Son of Frederick William Burns, and of Florence Burns, of Ste. Rose, Laval Co., Province of Quebec.
Digital gallery of Private William Rupert Burns
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Group Photo
Private William R. Burns is the 2nd person on the left. This picture take in Elbeuf, Normandy (near Rouen). 27/08/1944. -
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
Private William Rupert Burns
Digital gallery of
Private William Rupert Burns
Digital gallery of
Private William Rupert Burns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 500 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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