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Private JOHN A. BURTON

Service Number: 3939
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Newfoundland Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARINGHE (BANDAGHEM) MILITARY CEMETERY

III. B. 4.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Annie Burton, of Rose Blanche, Newfoundland.
  • Personal Inscription TOO FAR AWAY THY GRAVE TO SEE BUT NOT TOO FAR TO THINK OF THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

HARINGHE (BANDAGHEM) MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 817
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