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Military service
Service number:
193268
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
April 19, 1897
Paisley, Scotland
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. D. 139.
Additional information
Son of Peter and Rebecca Barr, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Peter Barr
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Press Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Obituary
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Circumstances of Death Registers, First World War
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 367 of 1058. -
Photo of Peter Barr
Gone but not forgotten -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Barr enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Barr enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of PETER BARR
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Barr
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Barr
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Barr
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Barr
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Barr
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Barr
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Barr
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Barr
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Barr
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 51 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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