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Cyril Garnet Birns

In memory of:

Lieutenant Cyril Garnet Birns

September 2, 1918

Military Service

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

16th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Ina Birns, of 243, Indian Rd., Toronto.

Commemorated on Page 369 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DOMINION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. B. 4.

Location:

Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt is in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and 4 kilometres south of the Arras-Cambrai main road. DOMINION CEMETERY is 2.5 kilometres north-east of the village, about 545 metres from the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of September 15, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y243uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of September 15, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y243uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Daily Colonist of September 17, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y244uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper Clipping – From the Daily Colonist of September 17, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y244uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
  • 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 131 of 734

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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: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 131 of 734
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