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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
461113
Age:
21
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
44th Bn.
Birth:
March 28, 1896
Darlingford, Manitoba
Enlistment:
September 21, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
June 3, 1917
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Henry and Florence Burke, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digitized service file.
Additional citations
Military Medal
Digital gallery of Lance Sergeant Edmund John Burke
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Edmund John Burke
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Edmund John Burke
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Edmund John Burke
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Edmund John Burke
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 210 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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