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Military service
Service number:
136275
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
2nd Mounted Rifles
Birth:
December 7, 1893
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 29, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of George and Mary Ann Barnes, of Newgate Green, Cley-by-sea, Norfolk, England.
Brother of Private John Barnes, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private William Elijah Barnes
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Newspaper Obituary
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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) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 50 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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