Born on 17 March 1895 in Cornwall Township, Stormont County, Ontario - son of Mrs. John Volve, Bonneville, Ontario, and Philip Barcier and his wife Jozetta Gains - at the time of his enlistment in 1915: trade as labourer; single; no current or previous military service; Roman Catholic; height of 5 feet 2 inches; chest of 37 inches fully expanded; dark complexion; blue eyes; black hair.Joined the 77th Battalion, CEF, in Cornwall, Ontario, on 26 September 1915 (number 145209) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Bermuda on 6 December 1915 - landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - killed in action on 18 November 1916 - buried in Regina Trench Cemetery (grave VI.C.29), France.
(Many thanks to Lieutenant-Colonel Bud Walsh for the photo of Private Barcier's headstone.)
(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Debt of Honour" register, www.cwgc.org; Anonymous, An Historical Sketch of the Seventy-Seventh Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force (Ottawa: War Publications Limited, 1926), p.177)
Very cool, he was my Grandfathers Uncle. My Great-Grandfather served as well.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment on Pte Barcier's entry. Someday I will get to his personnel file and add more detail to the post and, of course, anything else I can find. If you have an electronic image of him that I could use on the site, that would be great.
Thanks again,
Ken
It's been a long time Ken, but I do have a photo.
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