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Military service
Service number:
141402
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Birth:
October 29, 1881
Enlistment:
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
October 1, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of W. C. and Annie Cairns, of Port Credit, Ontario.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private William John Cairns
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Photo of WILLIAM JOHN CAIRNS
This picture was taken sometime before William Cairns entered into WW1. -
War Memorial
Saltfleet Township War Memorial (1922), Highway 8, Stoney Creek, Ontario. -
Inscriptions
Detail of names listed on the Saltfleet Township War Memorial. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Cabana to Campling. Microform Sequence 17; Volume Number 31829_B016726. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 161. Page 143 of 1024. -
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) -
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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William John Cairns
Digital gallery of
Private William John Cairns
Digital gallery of
Private William John Cairns
Digital gallery of
Private William John Cairns
Digital gallery of
Private William John Cairns
Digital gallery of
Private William John Cairns
Digital gallery of
Private William John Cairns
Digital gallery of
Private William John Cairns
Digital gallery of
Private William John Cairns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 378 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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