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Military service
Service number:
153142
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
43rd Bn.
Birth:
October 2, 1883
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
March 31, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sp. Mem. J. 12.
Additional information
Son of John Birss and Mary Birss, of Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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Circumstances of Death Registers
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 147 of 734 -
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Grave Marker
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Joseph Birss
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Birss
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Birss
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Birss
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Birss
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 54 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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