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Military service
Service number:
696711
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
50th Bn.
Birth:
March 14, 1898
Enlistment:
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Death:
October 26, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIII. D. 11.
Additional information
Son of Carl ALexander Barby and Gunhild Texley of Norway. He was the brother of Alfred Emmanuel, Agnes, Caroline, Clarence George, Harris, Isaac (Ike), Selmer, and Otto.
Digital gallery of Private Irvin Hjalmer Barby
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Grave Marker
Grave marker … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cemetery … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 989 of 1072
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 196 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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