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Military service
Age:
28
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Death:
October 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
2. F. 8.
Additional information
Son of William H. and Mabel M. Cairns, of Easton's Corners, Ontario. He was the brother of Lance Seargeant Gordon Charles Cairns, who died on August 15, 1944, while serving with the Royal Canadian Artillery.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Arthur Hugh Cairns
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Memorial Page
Arthur Hugh Cairns is honoured on page 31 of the <i>Merrickville Remembers</i> booklet, published in January 2003. -
Merrickville Remembers
This project was sponsored jointly by the Canadian Legion Branch 245 and the Merrickville District Community Health Centre. Serving on the Committee were Jack Jessop, Past President of Legion Branch 245; Joyce McKay, who lost a brother in the Second World War; Peter McKenna, Executive Director of Merrickville and District Community Health Centre; and Jack Wilcox, who upon discharge from the Canadian Army in 1945, prepared the Sydney Academy Memorial Booklet honouring the students of the Academy who gave their lives in the Second World War. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Photo of Arthur Hugh Cairns
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the employees from the Bank of Nova Scotia who went away to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Hugh Cairns
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Hugh Cairns
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Hugh Cairns
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Hugh Cairns
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Hugh Cairns
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Hugh Cairns
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Hugh Cairns
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Hugh Cairns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 265 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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