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Patrick Joseph Burns

In memory of:

Gunner Patrick Joseph Burns

May 10, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

40567

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

1st Bde.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Born:

April 25, 1888
Cork, Ireland

Enlistment:

August 12, 1914
Valcartier, Quebec

Spouse of Amelia Burns of Kingston, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 210 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. B. 15.

Location:

Neuville-St Vaast is a village 6.5 kilometres north of Arras, a little east of the road from Bethune to Arras. LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south-west of the village on the north-west side of the road to the village of Maroeuil.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 395 of 926.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 395 of 926.
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Toronto Star for 6 June 1917.

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    Newspaper Clipping – From the Toronto Star for 6 June 1917.
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