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Military service
Service number:
805007
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
87th Bn.
Birth:
December 15, 1896
London, England
Enlistment:
November 10, 1915
Port Hope, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sp. Mem.
Additional information
served as Thomas BLAKE)
Son of Ernest W. and Maude Burnes of St. Catharines, Ontario. Brother of Dorothy.
Additional citations
British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Herbert Thomas Burnes
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is part of the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
Epitaph
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Private Herbert Thomas Burnes
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Thomas Burnes
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Thomas Burnes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 210 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 Pas de Calais, France
The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.
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