> > > A further update: Charles Barker died of pneumonia in France. These > RAOGK people are amazing and have wonderful resurces! It would be tempting > to deluge them but she seems to have taken a special interest in Charles > and is still finding out more. Im getting his service record and death > record. That he was sent overseas so quickly suggests they badly needed his > machinist skills; he couldnt have received much military training. Seven > weeks from sign up in Saint John to death in France. > Again Thanks to everyone who helped. B

I have deleted earlier messages on this subject, but I thought it had been reported that Charles was buried in NB. If so, was this just taken from a cemetery stone? It would have been unusual for someone to die in France during WW I to have been returned to NB. This was not even usual during WW II. The family plot often had the records of a vet on it, even when the body was not buried there.Just something to be clarified. :-) Cleadie ________________________________ From: Beverley Clarkson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, November 6, 2009 9:29:03 AM Subject: Re: [ NB ] Barker follow up > > > A further update: Charles Barker died of pneumonia in France. These > RAOGK people are amazing and have wonderful resurces! It would be tempting > to deluge them but she seems to have taken a special interest in Charles > and is still finding out more. Im getting his service record and death > record. That he was sent overseas so quickly suggests they badly needed his > machinist skills; he couldnt have received much military training. Seven > weeks from sign up in Saint John to death in France. > Again Thanks to everyone who helped. B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Announcements can be found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________________________ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer® 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/