Private Wesley Charles Burnard
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Burnard,
Wesley Charles
Date of birth: 1894-08-02
Place of birth: London Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. Emma Burnard, Mother, R.R. #7, London, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Butcher
Occupation (normalized): Butcher, General
Address:
8 Ingleside St., London, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 803058
Highest Rank:
Private
(18th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 18th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: He was instantly killed by enemy shell fire, while in the front line trenches, on Vimy Ridge
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 1565887
LAC ID:
76765
Service file: B1292-S032
Uploader's Notes:
Son of William and Emma Burnard, of London, Ontario.
Served 2 weeks, Canadian Army Service Corps
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Western Ontario Regiment 18th Battalion ee ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2016-11-04