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Military service
Service number:
436343
Age:
45
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Enlistment:
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
August 19, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Thomas and Mary Barrett, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England; husband of Margaret Barrett, of 8315, 119th Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Private Anthony Barrett
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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) -
Family photo
The Barrett family. Photo taken at Evansburg, Alberta before Anthony left for the war. His wife was pregnant with another child, born after he was killed. -
Circumstances of Death
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bark to Bazinet. Mircoform Sequence 6; Volume Number 31829_B016716. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 150. Page 415 of 1058. -
War Diary
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Private Anthony Barrett
Digital gallery of
Private Anthony Barrett
Digital gallery of
Private Anthony Barrett
Digital gallery of
Private Anthony Barrett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 197 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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