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Military service
Service number:
192439
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Emma Barling, of 1, Barossa Place, Redcliff, Bristol, England.
Digital gallery of Private Thomas James John Barling
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Newspaper Obituary
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping (2)
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Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Barling enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Barling enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Flash
Shoulder Patch 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Barling enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial Album
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of THOMAS JAMES JOHN BARLING
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. 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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