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21 May 1915 Pte Frederick Francis Barnes

21_may_1915_pte_frederick_francis_barnes19991 Pte Frederick Francis Barnes, 10th Bn CEF (Alberta Regiment).

Born in Southampton, Hampshire on 30 May 1894, Frederick, after emigration to Canada, became a Bank Clerk by trade. He enlisted into the army at Valcartier on 25 September 1914 and was killed during his battalion's attack on the ‘K5 Redoubt' near Festubert on the evening of 21 May 1915. He has no known grave and is , therefore commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.

21 May 1915

 

Research by David O'Mara, Croonaert Research Services.

 

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