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Military service
Service number:
163284
Age:
37
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
July 16, 1879
Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment:
July 28, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 23, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Caroline Barr, of 18, Russett Avenue Toronto Ontario.
Brother of Private Thomas Barr, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private William Tassie Barr
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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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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 51 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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