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Arthur Thomas Barnes

In memory of:

First Lieutenant Arthur Thomas Barnes

December 21, 1945
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Military Service


Age:

32

Force:

Merchant Navy

Unit:

Canadian Merchant Navy

Division:

Champlain Park (Montreal)

Additional Information


Born:

January 21, 1913
Cottingham, England

Son of Harold Barnes and Ellen Edith Smith. Husband of Vola Elvira Fulmer. Father of two children.

Veteran of the Second World War as a merchant seaman.

He died of a fractured skull on December 19, 1945, when he fell through an opening on the Champlain Park docked in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He died on the 21st.

Citation

United Kingdom Merchant Navy Medal

Commemorated on Page 91 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

HALIFAX (CAMP HILL) CEMETERY
Nova Scotia, Canada

Grave Reference:

N/A

Digital Collection

Send us your images

  • Photo of ARTHUR THOMAS BARNES– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Register– From register of Deceased Seaman. Arthur Thomas Barnes, died at Montreal, from a fractured skull, received falling down hold.

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