Hi again Beverly, Oh, how strange. Perhaps it's because I'm registered on the site and what I should have done was to send you to the front page: http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/index.asp and let you do the search for yourself. Anyway, what I have done is copy the page's information as shown below: Private Charles Benjamin Barker Regimental Number: 3255695 Survived War: No Force: Army Regiment: Canadian Infantry Battalion: 1st Depot Battalion Company: (Blank) Enlisted or Conscripted: Conscripted Prior Military Experience: No Enlistment Date: January 18, 1918 Age at Enlistment: 26 Enlisted at: Saint John, New Brunswick Address at Enlistment: St. Mary's, New Brunswick Civilian Occupation: machinist Saw Service in: Unknown Date of Death: March 13, 1918 Age at Death: 26 Cause of Death: Died in War, unknown cause Battle Died/Wounded: (Blank) Burial: Nashwaaksis Douglas Cemetery, Nashwaaksis, New Brunswick Plot: (Blank) Commemorated: (Blank) Date of Birth: June 14, 1892 Next of Kin: Sarah Barker(grandmother), St. Mary's, New Brunswick Place of Birth: North Devon, New Brunswick Country of Birth: Canada Prisoner of War: Not Specified Interned: (Blank) Married: Single Religion: Baptist Height: 5 Feet 10 Inches Chest: 37 Inches Expansion: 2 Inches Ethnic Origin: Caucasian NAC Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 430 - 35 Rank: Private Regiment: Canadian Infantry Unit: 1st Depot Battalion Company: Awards and Decorations Notes Research Notes _________________ The "NAC Reference:" identification means there are records in the National Archives of Canada, if you hadn't already found them. From my reading of this, the odd thing seems to be that he is supposed to have died "In the War" of "Unknown causes" and yet he is listed as , "Burial: Nashwaaksis Douglas Cemetery, Nashwaaksis, New Brunswick." It would be most unusual for his body to be returned to Canada - it took way too long and there wasn't enough transport - so the Canadian "Burial" may well have been a memorial service rather than a physical internment. Unfortunately the Interned field above is left blank meaning there is something of a mystery about his death. I don't know how to phrase this delicately but there is a possibility that there simply wasn't enough of him left to bury. The reality of that war (and of many wars come to that) is that such happening were fairly common. For obvious reasons these occurrences were "played down" leaving the unfortunate soldier's family with an apparent mystery as to the circumstances of his death. Obviously this is pure speculation but it should not be ruled out as a possibility. The "Next of Kin" entry looks a little odd also. Would have expected someone of the same generation or at least an immediate parent, but perhaps you understand that better. As I said, hope this helps. Malcolm Archive CD Books Canada Inc. President: Malcolm Moody PO Box 11 Manotick Ontario, K4M 1A2 Canada. (613) 692-2667 WEB SITE: http://www.ArchiveCDBooks.ca FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ontario-CA/Archive-CD-Books-Canada/99339348650 Message: 1 Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:09:01 -0400 From: Beverley Clarkson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ NB ] Barker family of Devon, NB To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Many Thanks Malcolm! I tried to register on this site today but kept getting blocked for no reason I can understand. And the site said to contact the webmaster but i couldnt find one. So this helps. But still no place or cause of death. At least it doesnt seem he died in battle, from this information. If he died in training maybe the system didnt want it known. But I wish I could learn why. He was a trained machinist and he achieved the rank of Corporal fast. Thanks again B On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Malcolm Moody <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Beverly, > > The following is a link to Charles Benjamin's page on the > "Canadian > Great War Project's" web site. There is quite a lot of information > about his service and it might give you a lead to some more personal > data somewhere: > http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=106602 > > Hope it helps. > > Malcolm > > > Archive CD Books Canada Inc. > President: Malcolm Moody > PO Box 11 > Manotick > Ontario, K4M 1A2 > Canada. > (613) 692-2667 > WEB SITE: http://www.ArchiveCDBooks.ca <http:// > www.archivecdbooks.ca/> > FACEBOOK: > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ontario-CA/Archive-CD-Books-Canada/99339348650