Military service
Service number:
372
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Birth:
November 18, 1896
Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment:
September 5, 1914
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death:
July 1, 1916
Beaumont-Hamel, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 24.
Additional information
Son of Leonard and Maud (Gosse) Barrett of St. John's, Newfoundland. Brother of John, Mary, Eugene, Cassia, Irene and Mabel.
Digital gallery of Private Leonard Josiah Barrett
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Photo of Leonard Josiah Barrett
Son of Mrs. Maud Barrett -
Photo of Leonard Josiah Barrett
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Leonard Josiah Barrett
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
The Trenches of Beaumont-Hamel
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Inscription on Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
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Biography
In memory of the men of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment who served during World War 1 and did not return home. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Badge
In memory of the men of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment who served during World War 1 and did not return home. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the St. John Daily Star July 27th 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Josiah Barrett
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Josiah Barrett
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Josiah Barrett
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Josiah Barrett
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Josiah Barrett
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Josiah Barrett
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Josiah Barrett
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Josiah Barrett
Memorials
Commemorated on:
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 11 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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