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Flying Officer WILLIAM STIRLING BURNS

Service Number: J/22423
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

61 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 23 September 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALMELO GENERAL CEMETERY

Grave 6.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Burns, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription "UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY" A DEAR SON
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