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Private John Burns

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Burns, John
Date of birth: 1882-08-21
Place of birth: Newcastle Northumberland
Next of kin: J. Burns (father,) address not stated. Also notify Thomas Sayers, 5 Brook St., Middlesboro, Yorkshi
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Laborer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address: Cascade Room, Vancouver, British Columbia
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 760561
Highest Rank: Private
Rank detail
  1. Private, 11th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-12-16 ?
  2. Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Previously reported missing, now killed in action. He was killed by enemy shell fire at the taking of Vimy Ridge

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 77412
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1303-S048
Uploader's Notes: This attestation notes that his true name was Trodden. It bears the stamp of the 11th Regt The Irish Fusiliers of Canada. His casualty form was under the name John Burns.
Uploader's Research notes:

121st Battalion Nominal Roll

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 Canadian Infantry 11th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 121st Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2008-12-02
Last modified: 2014-01-27