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Military service
Service number:
B/66886
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 27, 1922
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
September 11, 1939
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 20, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 23. Column 3.
Additional information
Son of Ralph William and Jessie Hilda Barton, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private David Ralph Barton
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Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of David R. Barton
Drawing Taken from the Memorial Book, Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute in Toronto. -
Document
This is the school registration card (Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute) for David Barton. -
Letter
Mrs. Bartons request for a grave location page 1<BR> (Source: Library & Archives Canada) -
Letter (Page 2)
Mrs. Bartons request for a grave location page 2<BR> Source: Library & Archives Canada -
Letter (Page 3)
Mrs. Bartons request for a grave location page 3<BR> Source: Library & Archives Canada -
Document
Graves Concentration Search Card<BR> Source: Library & Archives Canada -
Letter
Request for graves search from CMHQ<BR> Source: Library & Archives Canada -
Letter
Reply to Request from CMGQ <BR> Source: Library & Archives Canada -
Letter
Department of Veterans Affairs letter<BR> Source: Library & Archives Canada -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
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Brookwood Memorial
Photo taken by John S. Brehaut during the Road to Freedom Tour of 2003. -
Casualty Telegram
Casualty Telegram This is the dreaded telegram that all Next-of-Kin hoped never to see. Mrs Barton had received word from another source that her son had been wounded. See her telegram to the Army requesting them to call her collect at home. Source:Library & Archives Canada via R Whitehouse -
Telegram
Mrs Barton's Telegram to CMHQ The text of this telegram shows confusion caused by two different versions of her son’s fate. Read the newspaper articles included in this collection<P> Source: Library & Archives Canada via R Whitehouse -
David's Pay book
The Front Page of David Barton's Pay Book<P> David's fiancé cannot be his NOK since they are not married. Pay books are left behind with the unit. David wrote this request in the front of his new (1 Aug 42) book, probably since he knew that Operation Jubilee (Dieppe Raid) would happen soon. Unfortunately all that she could be told is that he was a casualty and the rest would have to come from his family.<P> Source: Library & Archives Canada via R Whitehouse -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private David Ralph Barton
Digital gallery of
Private David Ralph Barton
Digital gallery of
Private David Ralph Barton
Digital gallery of
Private David Ralph Barton
Digital gallery of
Private David Ralph Barton
Digital gallery of
Private David Ralph Barton
Digital gallery of
Private David Ralph Barton
Digital gallery of
Private David Ralph Barton
Digital gallery of
Private David Ralph Barton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 57 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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