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Military service
Service number:
19798
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
July 2, 1882
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
May 21, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private John Burns
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Newspaper Clipping
John (James) Burns. In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 367 of 926. -
Memorial
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) -
Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private John Burns
Digital gallery of
Private John Burns
Digital gallery of
Private John Burns
Digital gallery of
Private John Burns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 7 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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