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Son of George Hubert and Florence Amelia Bird, of Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Enlisted in the 62nd Bn.
Digital gallery of Private George Morton Bird
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Private George Morton Bird
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 57 of 734
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Private George Morton Bird
In May 1917, Mrs. Florence Bird of Alberni, British Columbia, wife of sawmill owner George Bird, received the devastating news from Ottawa that her son George, aged twenty-six, had died of wounds received during recent heavy fighting in France. George had left with the 62nd Battalion in the spring of 1916 and had taken part in the capture of Vimy Ridge. George Bird Sr. was also overseas, in Great Britain, serving with the 2nd King¿s Own Rifles, Lancaster Regiment. George Jr. had come with his parents to the Alberni district in 1892. He was an ardent sportsman and athlete and was the goalie for the championship soccer team of 1910. Before he went to war he had been working for the Royal Bank of Canada in Vancouver.
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Private George Morton Bird
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Private George Morton Bird
From the Daily Colonist of October 17, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y266uvic/mode/1up?view=theater.
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Private George Morton Bird
From the Vancouver Daily Province June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 57 of 734
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In May 1917, Mrs. Florence Bird of Alberni, British Columbia, wife of sawmill owner George Bird, received the devastating news from Ottawa that her son George, aged twenty-six, had died of wounds received during recent heavy fighting in France. George had left with the 62nd Battalion in the spring of 1916 and had taken part in the capture of Vimy Ridge. George Bird Sr. was also overseas, in Great Britain, serving with the 2nd King¿s Own Rifles, Lancaster Regiment. George Jr. had come with his parents to the Alberni district in 1892. He was an ardent sportsman and athlete and was the goalie for the championship soccer team of 1910. Before he went to war he had been working for the Royal Bank of Canada in Vancouver.
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From the Daily Colonist of October 17, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y266uvic/mode/1up?view=theater.
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From the Vancouver Daily Province June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 201 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.
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