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Military service
Service number:
420600
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
February 25, 1890
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
June 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of John and Jane Burton, of 43, Main Rd., Tweedmouth, Berwick-on-Tweed, England.
Digital gallery of Private Gilbert Burton
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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 577 of 926. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Burton
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Burton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 62 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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