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Military service
Service number:
139017
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
87th Bn.
Birth:
November 30, 1888
Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment:
July 16, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Caroline Barr, of 18, Russett Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Brother of Private William Tassie Barr, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private Thomas Barr
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
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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 Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. 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 Star Weekly c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Barr
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Barr
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Barr
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Barr
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Barr
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Barr
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Barr
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Barr
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 197 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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