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Military service
Service number:
730450
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
February 15, 1885
Enlistment:
Galt, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
1.B.5.
Additional information
Son of James Barbour, and of Flora Jane Barbour, of 29, Spruce St., Galt, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Private John Barbour
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Galt War Memorial
The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P> Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953." -
Close up of Galt War Memorial
Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial. -
Photo of John Barbour
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 987 of 1072 -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located by the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Canadian Cemetery No 2
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Photo of JOHN BARBOUR
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 196 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 Pas de Calais, France
The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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