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Soldier Information Cards - World War Two
Transcription
Barker, James W.
[clipping] 8 Sep 1944
[image] KILLED: Pte. James William Barker, 19, son of Mrs. William Barker, 19 Grantham avenue, was killed in action in Italy on August 28, according to an official report by the Director of Records.
[clipping] 8 Sep 1944
James W. Barker Is Killed in Action in Italy
Pte. James William Barker, age 19, only son of Mrs. William Barker, 19 Grantham avenue, was killed in action in Italy on August 28, was the tragic news received yesterday by his mother from the Director of Records. No information was available about the circumstances of his death, according to the message.
Pte. Barker was fighting in Italy with the 48th Highlanders. A member of the 2nd (R) Bn. H.L.I. of C., he enlisted in the active army a year ago August when the battalion was at camp in Thames Valley, London. He went overseas last April and after a month in the United Kingdom he went to Italy.
Born in Galt, September 18, 1924, he would have been 20 years of age in another 10 days. Pte. Barker attended Manchester school in Galt and he used to work at the Stauffer-Dobbie plant.
He was a member of Trinity Anglican church and of the Sons of England and as a boy he had been a member of the 1st Galt Boy Scout group. Besides his mother he is survived by one sister, Miss Doris, at home. His father, and also eight uncles, served in the First Great War.