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Military service
Service number:
464662
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
"B" Coy. 47th Bn.
Birth:
August 19, 1886
Enlistment:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
October 26, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XII. A. 12.
Additional information
Son of James and Annie Burns, of 115, Dresden Row, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private James Frederick Burns
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 363 of 926. -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cemetery … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private James Frederick Burns
Digital gallery of
Private James Frederick Burns
Digital gallery of
Private James Frederick Burns
Digital gallery of
Private James Frederick Burns
Digital gallery of
Private James Frederick Burns
Digital gallery of
Private James Frederick Burns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 210 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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