Private John Burns
PERSONAL INFORMATION
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
- Private, 11th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-12-16 ?
- 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
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
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Date added: 2008-12-02
Last modified: 2014-01-27