E.L.M. Burns was born on June 17, 1897 in Montreal, Quebec.
His father was a militia staff officer, a member of the Corps of Guides.
He served with the 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars (17th D.Y.R.C.H.).
He had risen to the rank of signal sergeant by 1913. "
Tommy" Burns, student # 1032 graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1914.
He joined the Royal Canadian Engineers, into which he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1915.
E.L.M. Burns was born on June 17, 1897 in Montreal, Quebec. His father was a militia staff officer, a member of the Corps of Guides. He served with the 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars (17th D.Y.R.C.H.). He had risen to the rank of signal sergeant by 1913. "Tommy" Burns, student # 1032 graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1914. He joined the Royal Canadian Engineers, into which he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1915.
E. L. M. Burns