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Military service
Service number:
184130
Age:
34
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
25th Bn.
Birth:
June 13, 1882
Enlistment:
Red Deer, Alberta
Death:
April 29, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. I.
Additional information
Son of Joseph John and Amelia Gabrielle Barnes, of Horburg, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal William James Barnes
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Death notice
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 259 of 1058. -
Photo of William Barnes
Submitted with the permission of Bonnie Thornhill, from the book "In the Morning Veterans of Victoria County, Cape Breton. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Lance Corporal William James Barnes
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William James Barnes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 196 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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