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Military service
Service number:
432149
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
49th Bn.
Birth:
September 29, 1896
Enlistment:
January 4, 1915
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
May 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sp. Mem. J. 11.
Additional information
Son of Hugh and Cora Burgar, of Edmonton, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Private Russell Hugh Burgar
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Photo of Russell Hugh Burgar
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Family photo
Russell is shown here as a little boy, with his parents, Hugh and Cora...his older sister Urith, and younger brother Hiram (my father). -
Entrance
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Hugh Burgar
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Hugh Burgar
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Hugh Burgar
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Hugh Burgar
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Hugh Burgar
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Hugh Burgar
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 61 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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