Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Robert Hay Balbirnie
In memory of:
Private Robert Hay Balbirnie
September 28, 1918
Military Service
258945
30
Army
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
4th Bn.
Additional Information
January 18, 1888
Edinburgh, Scotland
Son of Mrs. J. L. Balbirnie, of Pleasantdale, Saskatchewan.
Commemorated on Page 363 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BOURLON WOOD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
I. C. 7.
Bourlon is a village approximately 6 kilometres west of Cambrai. It lies between the main Cambrai to Bapaume road (N30) and the Cambrai to Arras road (D939). The BOURLON WOOD CEMETERY is signposted from the centre of the village as is the Canadian Forces Memorial. On approaching the Memorial the road should be followed to the left where an unsurfaced track descends about 200 metres to the cemetery.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 575 of 1072.
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