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Private William Burton

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Military service

Service number: 818013
Age: 23
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division: 25th Bn.
Birth: January 16, 1894 Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Enlistment: March 20, 1916 New Brunswick
Death: April 9, 1917

Burial/memorial information

THELUS MILITARY CEMETERY
Grave reference: V. A. 2.
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Son of John Burton of Cape North, Victoria County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Brother of Gordon, John Wilfred and Archibald Burton all of whom served in the Second World War. He listed his civilian occupation as laborer. He was single.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 211 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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THELUS MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Thelus is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, west of the N17 Arras-Lens main road and 6.5 kilometres north of Arras. Thelus Military Cemetery is approximately 300 metres west of the N17, located in the open country, about 50 metres north of Thelus village.

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