Private John Sidney Barker
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Barker,
John Sidney
Date of birth: 1884-12-20
Place of birth: Rivers? Manitoba Canada
Next of kin: Mrs Mary Kathleen Barker, Wife, Parkhill, Ontario, Canada.
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Broker
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1916-10-01
Cause of death:
Died in war, unknown cause
Buried:
Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, I. D. 15.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 160670
Highest Rank:
Private
(31st Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Listed as wounded on 15th September 1916 during the advance from Pozieres to Courcelette during the Somme offensive.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 78077
LAC ID:
24815
Service file: B0433-S040
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Francis F. and Letitia Barker; husband of Mary K. Barker, of Laurence Park, North Toronto, Ontario.
There wre several military hospitals in the Abbeville area and this man was possibly evacuated wounded from the battlefield and subsequently died of his wounds from 15th September 1916.
Uploader's Research notes:
Info from the attestation papers and the war diary. This man is on the CWGC site.
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Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2009-08-27