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Military service
Service number:
86504
Age:
20
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
17th Bty. 5th Bde.
Birth:
October 10, 1897
Dorchester, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
October 10, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
RC. Can. Plot. I.
Additional information
Son of William R. and Mary Burns, of 205, Gerrard St. East, Toronto.
Digital gallery of Gunner William Robert Burns
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Gravestone of Gunner William Robert Burns, Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Ireland (photo taken May 19, 2014)
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Robert Burns
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Robert Burns
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Robert Burns
GRANGEGORMAN MILITARY CEMETERY County Dublin, Ireland
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