Able SeamanBIRD, JOHN
Service Number VR/98
Died 24/05/1916
Aged 50
H.M.C.S. "Shearwater."
Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
Son of John and Margaret Donelan Bird, of Bilston, England; husband of Margaret Bird, of 229, 5th St. West, North Vancouver.
Buried at VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY
Location:
British Columbia, Canada
Number of casualties: 588
Cemetery/memorial reference: Jones 44. 6. 14.
Cemetery details
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