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Military service
Service number:
19577
Age:
25
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Battalion
Birth:
April 4, 1892
Newburgh, New York
Enlistment:
September 23, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of A. I. and E. M. Barton, of Toronto, Ontario. On his Attestation Papers, he crossed out his full name of Alfred and wrote in Fred. He stated he was single and worked as an automobile salesman.
Digital gallery of Company Sergeant Major Alfred Tennyson Barton
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Press Clipping
27 Apr 1917, Calgary Herald news article about the death of Company Sergeant Major Barton. -
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 651 of 1058. -
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) -
National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of ALFRED TENNYSON BARTON
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Alfred Tennyson Barton
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Alfred Tennyson Barton
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Alfred Tennyson Barton
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Alfred Tennyson Barton
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Alfred Tennyson Barton
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Alfred Tennyson Barton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 197 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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