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Major WILLIAM JAMES GORDON BURNS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Field Artillery

32nd Bty. 8th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 28 September 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ONTARIO CEMETERY, SAINS-LES-MARQUION

I. C. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Son of Capt. the Rev. R. N. and Mrs. M. C. Burns, of 486, Jarvis St., Toronto.
  • Personal Inscription AWARDED D.S.O. FOR HIS COOLNESS GOOD JUDGEMENT SKILL AND COURAGE
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