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Soldier Information Cards - World War Two
Transcription
Barber, Franklyn
[clipping] Aug. 8, 1944
WOUNDED
LAC. Franklyn S. Barber, R.C.A.F
son of Mrs. Kathleen Barber, Woodstock St. N.,
Tavistock and Samuel A. Barber of Woodstock.
[clipping] Kitchener Record Aug. 8, 1944
LAC. FRANKLYN BARBER
By Record Correspondent
TAVISTOCK, Aug. 8
LAC. Barber was seriously injured in an accident early Saturday evening when a jeep
overturned at his R.C.A.F. station on the east coast. His mother, Mrs. Kathleen Barber,
Woodstock St.N., received two telegrams Monday morning from the officer commanding the
station.
The telegram stated that the accident occurred near the station about 9:15, and that the young
man had been taken to a military hospital. The first telegram stated that a diagnosis had not
been made. The second telegram stated briefly that the young man's condition was considered
dangerous and that he had suffered internal injuries. It added that word would be sent pending
developments.
LAC. Barber enlisted with the R.C.A.F. in July 1943 and from the manning depot at Toronto was
posted to Belleville and later to Trenton. He was then posted to Centralia for about six months,
and since March of this year he has been stationed on the east coast.
Prior to enlisting he was employed at the box factory of Zimmerman Brothers, Ltd. He was among the
first to enlist with the local platoon of the Oxford Rifles (R) when it formed here two years ago.
His father, Samuel A. Barber, lives in Woodstock. He also has two sisters, Miss Katherine, at home,
and Miss Ruth, in Kitchener.