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Military service
Service number:
B/36696
Age:
32
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
November 15, 1909
Norfolk, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 9, 1939
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 1.
Additional information
Son of Aquilla and Florence Barber; and stepson of Lena M. Barber of Simcoe, Ontario.
Brother of Private Arthur Oliver Barber, who died on the same day while serving in the same unit.
Digital gallery of Corporal Wesley David Barber
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of Wesley Barber
In Memory of the men from Norfolk County who gave their lives in World War II.<P> Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
In Memory of the men from Norfolk County who gave their lives in World War II. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Cemetery
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of WESLEY DAVID BARBER
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WESLEY DAVID BARBER
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Wesley David Barber
Digital gallery of
Corporal Wesley David Barber
Digital gallery of
Corporal Wesley David Barber
Digital gallery of
Corporal Wesley David Barber
Digital gallery of
Corporal Wesley David Barber
Digital gallery of
Corporal Wesley David Barber
Digital gallery of
Corporal Wesley David Barber
Digital gallery of
Corporal Wesley David Barber
Digital gallery of
Corporal Wesley David Barber
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 56 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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