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Private JOSEPH BIRSS

Service Number: 153142
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

43rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 March 1916

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAPLE COPSE CEMETERY

Sp. Mem. J. 12.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John Birss and Mary Birss, of Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

MAPLE COPSE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 309
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