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Military service
Service number:
826350
Age:
40
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
47th Bn.
Birth:
September 5, 1877
Enlistment:
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Death:
August 11, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Benjamin John Barnes
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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 173 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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of September 15, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y243uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin John Barnes
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin John Barnes
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin John Barnes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 364 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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