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Military service
Service number:
135346
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
November 9, 1890
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. H. 6.
Additional information
Son of Agnes Gray Barnes, of 85, Moscow Avenue, Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private William Barnes
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping 2
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Circumstances of Death
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bark to Bazinet. Mircoform Sequence 6; Volume Number 31829_B016716. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 150. Page 249 of 1058. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 50 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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