
John Sydney Barnes (1921 - 1944)
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Service number: France Rank: Private Regiment: calgary Highlanders Unit/ship/squadron: R.c.i.c. .
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'g/10179' Bretteville-sur-laize Canadian War Cemetery, |
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John Sydney Barnes lived 46 years shorter than the average Barnes family member when he died at the age of 23. |
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Service number: France Rank: Private Regiment: calgary Highlanders Unit/ship/squadron: R.c.i.c. |
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1921 - In the year that John Sydney Barnes was born, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
1928 - By the time he was merely 7 years old, Mickie Mouse was born! He first appeared in Disney's Steamboat Willie, along with Minnie. Although they were in two previous shorts, this was the first to be distributed. Steamboat Willie took advantage of the new technology and was a "talkie" - music was coordinated with the animation. It became the most popular cartoon of its day.
1936 - At the age of merely 15 years old, John was alive when on November 3rd, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a second term. He ran against Republican Governor Alf Landon (Kansas), defeating Landon in the popular vote by 60.8% to 36.5%. Vermont and Maine were the only two states in which Landon won. John Nance Garner IV became the Vice-President in this election.
1943 - When he was 22 years old, on September 3rd, the Armistice of Cassibile was signed in Sicily. Under the terms of the Armistice, Italy surrendered to the Allied Powers. After the Armistice was made public on September 8th, Germany attacked and occupied Italy. It took 20 months of fighting for the Allies to reach the northern borders of Italy.
1944 - In the year of John Sydney Barnes's passing, on November 7th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a fourth term as President of the United States. Running against Thomas Dewey, Governor of New York, Roosevelt won 53.4 of the popular vote, Dewey got 45.9%.
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John Sydney Barnes died on August 1, 1944 at 23 years of age. There is no known cause of death for John. He was buried in 'g/10179' Bretteville-sur-laize Canadian War Cemetery. He was born around 1921. We are unaware of information about John's surviving family.Memories
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