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Military service
Service number:
132871
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
January 21, 1893
Enlistment:
Montreal, Québec
Death:
August 26, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Thomas Barnes
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Photo of Thomas Barnes
According to his Attestation Paper, Thomas Barnes was a clerk in a restaurant. He enlisted on October 9, 1915 in Montreal with the 73rd Battalion, Royal Highlanders of Canada, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Photo taken from "A Short History and Photographic Record of the 73rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Royal Highlanders of Canada" Page 28. -
Attestation paper
Attestation Paper Source Library and Archives Canada Soldiers of the First World War. -
Attestation paper
Attestation Paper Source Library and Archives Canada Soldiers of the First World War. -
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 241 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)
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Private Thomas Barnes
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Barnes
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Barnes
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Barnes
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Barnes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 364 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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