Digitized Service Record
Source: Kiss the kids for dad. Don’t forget to write.: The Wartime Letters of George Timmins, 1916 – 18
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Family Search: When Private John Henry Burr was born on 18 February 1882, in Teynham, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Daniel Burr, was 29 and his mother, Mary Caroline Heathfield, was 25. He married Emma Elizabeth Wallis on 3 August 1903, in Rainham, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Canada in 1911 and lived in Rainham, Kent, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 34, his occupation is listed as moulder in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. He died on 6 April 1959, at the age of 77.
Jack Burr: wounded in the head and neck at Calonne, Sector II (Maroc), 17 January, 1917; wound dressed by stretcher bearers; admitted to the No. 22 General Hospital, Camier, 18 January, 1918; hospitalized 3 weeks; evacuated to England, still complaining of neck pains; the bullet lodged in his neck was found and removed at the military hospital in York 9 April, 1917; sent to the 4th Reserve Battalion 19 April, 1918; to the 98th Battalion in Witley June 1918; back to the field, 8th Battalion, 14 August, 1918; wounded by shrapnel in the left had September 1918; index finger amputated. LAC, box 1311-23, 745906 Burr, John Henry.
Below are x-rays from Private Henry’s service record showing the location of the bullet:
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 