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Willis Eric Barr

In memory of:

Sergeant Willis Eric Barr

January 15, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/148801

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

23 Operational Training Unit (23 OTU - RAF)

Additional Information

Born:

January 10, 1921

Son of Willis Frederick and Anne Victoria (nee Webb) Barr, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Ruth Frances Victoria (nee Selkirk) Barr, of Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 134 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

PERSHORE CEMETERY
Worcestershire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Plot Q. Grave 423.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant Willis Eric Barr is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Sergeant Willis Eric Barr is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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    Memorial – Sergeant Willis Eric Barr is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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  • Photo of WILLIS ERIC BARR– In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.

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    Photo of WILLIS ERIC BARR – In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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    R H King Academy – In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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    R H King Academy – In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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    R H King Academy – In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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