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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Elliott, Lorne Burton
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Description area
Dates of existence
1896-1917
History
Lorne Burton Elliott was born July 1, 1896 in Killarney, Manitoba. The family moved to Fielding, Saskatchewan; and he attended the University of Saskatchewan. Burton enlisted in the First World War on May 2, 1916. He was then two months shy of 20 years old, and had been at the University for two years. He was promoted to Lieutenant in April 1917. Burton was wounded in battle in October 1917 and transferred to a hospital in London. He died of self-inflicted wounds at the hospital on November 17, 1917.