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Military service
Service number:
198390
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
46th Bn.
Birth:
January 1, 1884
Balley Galley
Enlistment:
December 15, 1915
Fort William, Ontario
Death:
October 26, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of John Henry and Sarah Jane Bourns, of Whitewood, Saskatchewan; husband of Nellie Bourns, of Selby, Yorks, England. His civilian occupation was that of locomotive engineer. Father of Sapper John Andrew Gerald Bourns, Royal Engineers, who died in service on November 11, 1941. His brother Robert Henry served in the Second World War.
Digital gallery of Private John Ervine Bourns
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private John Ervine Bourns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 205 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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