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William George Barker fonds [textual record, graphic material, cartographic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1911-1975.

Reference:

R7462-0-0-E, MG30-E195

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103031

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William George Barker fonds
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Fonds includes:

2 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1911-1975.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

13 cm of textual records some photocopies.
ca. 110 prints postcards, b&w and col.
58 photographs b&w.
7 maps.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds consists of the personal and military records of William George Barker documenting his career as a pilot and his involvement in the First World War. Material has been divided into 2 series as follows: Correspondence; and Personal military records.

Provenance:

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Barker, William, 1894-1930
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Barker, William, 1894-1930

Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps

Grande-Bretagne. Royal Flying Corps
Biography/Administrative history:

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Barker, William, 1894-1930 : William Barker was born in 1894 at Dauphin, Manitoba. He enlisted in the First Battalion of the Canadian Mounted Rifles in December 1914, and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force in 1916. Although the majority of his career was spent on the Italian front, his greatest air battle was on the Western Front. On 27 October 1918 he single-handedly engaged up to 60 German aircraft. Athough seriously wounded, he shot 4 of them down and was awarded the Victoria Cross for this action. Barker was officially credited with 50 victories during the war. In 1922, after an unsuccessful venture in commercial aviation with William Avery (Billy) Bishop, Barker joined the Canadian Air Force and remained with the RCAF until 1926. In 1930 he became President of the Fairchild Aviation Corporation of Canada. He died on 12 March 1930 while test-flying an aircraft over Ottawa. Barker left behind his widow, Mrs. Gerald Greene; daughter, Mrs. Jean A. MacKenzie; sister, Edna Buchanon; and two brothers, Orval Barker, and Cecil H. Barker.

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Photographs: (Electronic) Refer to MINISIS for item-level descriptions.

Cartographic material: (Paper) For additional information see the Cartographic & Architectural Division accession file "WM 8925-Barker, W.G.".

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General note:

The military service records and photographic material located in accession 1975-328 (NPC) were received in 1973 from W.G. Barker's widow, Mrs. Gerald Greene of Toronto, Ontario. The Major C. Leman letter was received in 1976 from Tom S. Sehl of Victoria, B.C., through Air Marshal C.R. Dunlap. The photographs located in accession 1984-231 (NPC) were acquired from an unknown source around 1984. The remaining correspondence, clippings, photographs, maps and publications were received in 1981 from W.G. Barker's brother, Cecil H. Barker of Winnipeg, Manitoba, through the Canadian War Museum.

Arrangement note:

Textual material, photographs and artistic material received in 1981 from Cecil H. Barker was retained as a single physical entity.

Availability of other formats note:

Cartographic material is also located on Microfilm reels 115829-115835., Copy negatives available for accession 1975-328 (NPC): C-059834 to C-059855, C-059864 to C-059879, C-060008 to C-060010.
Subject heading:

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World War, 1914-1918

Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918

Fighter pilots Canada

Pilotes de chasse Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1975-328 NPC
1984-231 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-E195

Other accession no.:

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82302/4406 CA
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Textual records

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Graphic (photo)

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Cartographic material

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Photographs: No restrictions on use. Copyright expired. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative number.
Cartographic material: No restrictions on use. Researcher is responsible for determining whether material is subject to copyright and for ascertaining the name of the person or organization holding copyright. Credit: National Archives of Canada.

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