Private Arthur Leston Burns
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Burns,
Arthur Leston
Date of birth: 1897-10-04
Place of birth: Blenheim Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Burton Burnett, Blenheim Ontario, Canada
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Date of death:
1916-07-19
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, VIII. C. 34.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 123943
Highest Rank:
Private
(Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry)
Rank detail
Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 432131
LAC ID:
77132
Service file: B1298-S036
Uploader's Notes:
Original overseas unit: 70th Canadian Infantry Battalion. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field June 9, 1916. Wounded at Mount Sorrel 19 July, 1916 and died the same day.
Son of Burton and Dorothy Burns, of Blenheim, Ontario.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2010-04-21