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Private WILLIAM RUPERT BURNS

Service Number: D/140143
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 09 March 1945

Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

XVI. G. 1.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick William Burns, and of Florence Burns, of Ste. Rose, Laval Co., Province of Quebec.
  • Personal Inscription AS YOU REST IN PEACEFUL SLEEP YOUR MEMORY WE'LL EVER KEEP. MOTHER AND FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2619
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