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Military service
Service number:
K/42075
Age:
27
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 5, 1917
Grassy Lake, Alberta
Enlistment:
October 18, 1939
Prince George, British Columbia
Death:
August 16, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. H. 13.
Additional information
Son of Alfred and Susan Barton of Kelowna, British Columbia. Husband of Isabel Barton of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Frank William Barton
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Grave marker
Frankie Barton is buried at the Beny Sur Mer cemetary near the Normandy coast in France. He died in August, 1944 during the Can-Scot battle for Hill 68 near Soignolles alongside his friend Pte. Louie Blair. -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Frank William Barton
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frank William Barton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frank William Barton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frank William Barton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Frank William Barton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 244 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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