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Rifleman WILLIAM BURNS

Service Number: B/146999
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1945

Buried or commemorated at

HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

II. A. 11.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Jean Burns, of Maple, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER, IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW OUR LOVED ONE SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Overijssel Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1394
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