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Military service
Service number:
452378
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
April 15, 1894
Enlistment:
Barrie, Ontario
Death:
April 25, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. D . 11.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Mary Birge, of 1576, 8th Avenue East, Owen Sound, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Norman Richard Birge
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 103 of 734 -
Monument
Orangeville (Dufferin County) Ontario War Memorial -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Bois Carre British Cemetery
The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)
Digital gallery of
Private Norman Richard Birge
Digital gallery of
Private Norman Richard Birge
Digital gallery of
Private Norman Richard Birge
Digital gallery of
Private Norman Richard Birge
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 201 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.
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