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Gunner C BURKE

Service Number: 2100030
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Field Artillery

5th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 10 August 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

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B. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. William Purcell, of 259, Gottingen St., Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Buried or commemorated at

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Somme France
Number of casualties: 43
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