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Kenneth Robert Barnes

In memory of:

Rifleman Kenneth Robert Barnes

February 4, 1944
Niigata-Rinko 5B Camp, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

E/30117

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information

Born:

June 24, 1918
Campbellton, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

August 10, 1940
Matapédia, Quebec

Son of Stanley M. Henry Barnes and Beatrice Maud Combley, of Escuminac, Québec.

He served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C, in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 1,274 days of service, including 830 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 243 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan

Grave Reference:

Sec. A. A. 3.

Location:

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY is 9 kilometres west of the city on Yuenchi-Dori, Hodogaya Ward, which branches left off the old Tokkaido highway. The nearest railway station is Hodogaya, 5 kilometres to the north on the JNR line but the cemetery is easily reached by bus from Yokohama station.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Kenneth Barnes– In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me.

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    Photo of Kenneth Barnes
    Photo of Kenneth Barnes – In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me.
  • Yokohama War Cemetery– Images of the cemetery at Yokohama and grave markers of 'C' Force members provided courtesy of the Canadian Embassy and War Graves Photography Project through the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association.

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    Yokohama War Cemetery
    Yokohama War Cemetery – Images of the cemetery at Yokohama and grave markers of 'C' Force members provided courtesy of the Canadian Embassy and War Graves Photography Project through the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association.
  • Cross of Sacrifice– Images of the cemetery at Yokohama and grave markers of 'C' Force members provided courtesy of the Canadian Embassy and War Graves Photography Project through the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association.

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    Cross of Sacrifice
    Cross of Sacrifice – Images of the cemetery at Yokohama and grave markers of 'C' Force members provided courtesy of the Canadian Embassy and War Graves Photography Project through the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association.
  • Grave Marker– Images of the cemetery at Yokohama and grave markers of 'C' Force members provided courtesy of the Canadian Embassy and War Graves Photography Project through the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association.

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Images of the cemetery at Yokohama and grave markers of 'C' Force members provided courtesy of the Canadian Embassy and War Graves Photography Project through the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association.

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