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Sergeant PETER BIRNIE

Service Number: B/73375
Regiment & Unit/Ship

48th Highlanders of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 25 July 1943

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AGIRA CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

D, C, 420.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Noah and Jane Birnie; husband of Marjorie Pearl Birnie, of Toronto, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription THE FIGHT FOR RIGHT IS WON AND HE HAS PAID HIS DEBT THE KING OF KINGS HAS SPOKEN THOU FAITHFUL ONE, WELL DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

AGIRA CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 490
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