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Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Burns, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Stirling Burns
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Photo taken 2018, Almelo Netherlands
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Flying Officer William Stirling Burns is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer William Stirling Burns is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1945.......Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1945.......Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 263 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ALMELO GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands
The town of Almelo is 23 kilometres north-west of Enschede, on the main road to Zwolle. The ALMELO GENERAL CEMETERY is 2 kilometres west of the town on the south side of the road to Wierden and Zwolle. The British plot is in the south-eastern part.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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