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Son of George H. and Elizabeth D. Cairns, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Brother of Corporal Albert Cairns, 46th battalion, died of wounds on 10 September 1918.
Mr. and Mrs. Cairns attended a civic ceremony at Valenciennes, France on July 25, 1936 for the naming of a street in the city L'avenue Hugh Cairns. It was in memory of their son who earned the Victoria Cross but gave his life in the capture of the city from the Germans.
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Commemorated on:
Page 378 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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AUBERCHICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Nord, France
Auberchicourt is a commune mining village in the Department of the Nord, 11.5 kilometres east of Douai on the road to Valenciennes and AUBERCHICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is one kilometre west of the village on the northside of the road to Erchin, 300 yards away from the Communal Cemetery.
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