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Military service
Service number:
830167
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Birth:
April 6, 1889
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Barrett, of London, England; husband of Maude Barrett, of 470, West William St., Portchester, New York, U.S.A.
Digital gallery of Private George William Barrett
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Photo of George Barrett
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Post Card (reverse)
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Memorial
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) -
Circumstances of death
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Digital gallery of
Private George William Barrett
Digital gallery of
Private George William Barrett
Digital gallery of
Private George William Barrett
Digital gallery of
Private George William Barrett
Digital gallery of
Private George William Barrett
Digital gallery of
Private George William Barrett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 197 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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