Born on 21 May 1878 in Columbus, Ohio - son of Chas. B. Burr, Cleveland, Ohio - recruitment forms provide the following: present address in Winnipeg, Manitoba, trade as salesman, Christian Science, currently a member of the 106th Winnipeg Light Infantry, previously served four years with the 14th Ohio National Guard and with the 17th U.S. Infantry in Cuba during the 1898 Spanish-American War.
Joined the 212th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on 15 February 1916 - transferred to the 97th Canadian Infantry Battalion as a captain on 16 September 1916 - taken on the strength of the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion as a lieutenant on 25 April 1917 - wounded on 30 October 1917 - invalided to England on 2 November 1917.
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