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Sergeant WILLIAM DOUGLAS BURRIS

Service Number: 283523
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

"C" Coy. 85th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 August 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FOUQUESCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

I. E. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of John and Margaret Burris, of Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia; husband of Sarah Christina Burris, of Brookvale, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia.
  • Personal Inscription I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH II TIM. 4.7
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Buried or commemorated at

FOUQUESCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 376
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