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Military service
Service number:
SF 14564
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
Birth:
August 22, 1934
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
May 31, 1954
Nova Scotia
Death:
February 16, 1966
Camp Gagetown, New Brunswick
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Block A, Section 38, Plot 6
Additional information
Son of John William and Eugena (nee Leger) Burns of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Husband of Thelma Rae Burgess Burns and father of John, James, Linda and Brenda Burgess and John William Burns of Oromocto, New Brunswick. Brother of Gordon, David, George and Joseph.
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DARTMOUTH (MEMORIAL GARDEN) CEMETERY Nova Scotia, Canada
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