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James Ambrose Cairns

In memory of:

Private James Ambrose Cairns

June 13, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

902509

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)

Division:

25th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

March 16, 1895
Emerald, Prince Edward Island

Enlistment:

June 17, 1916
Aldershot, United Kingdom

Digitized service file.

Commemorated on Page 378 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BAC-DU-SUD BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. E. 32.

Location:

Bailleulval is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 13 kilometres south-west of Arras, and the BAC-DU-SUD BRITISH CEMETERY is one kilometre west of the village on the north side of the main road from Arras to Doullens (N25)

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • 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 123 of 1024.
  • Photo of James Ambrose Cairns– Photo of James Ambrose Cairns– Photo submitted by On The War Memorial Trail research project

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