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Billy Barker finally honored in Dauphin memory
Manitoba town acknowledges Lt Col William G Barker Canada's top decorated war hero with a memorial at Dauphin Airport. Barker, born 1894 in Dauphin Valley, earned the Victoria Cross and other honors for air combat in World War I. His later life included aviation ventures and a Toronto funeral that drew mass attention, with a long-awaited prairie marker now established.
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Terrie Welwow
Canada
Dauphin
Barker
George
Jane
Willie
Dauphin Valley
George Barker
James Attwood
Attwood
Jamie Langford
Riding Mountain
Will
Londonderry
Russell
Russell High School
Percy
Department of Militia and Defence
Roblin
32Nd
Manitoba Horse Infantry
Billy Barker
Dauphin Collegiate Institute
Canadian Mounted Rifles
France
Squadron 9
Royal Flying Corp
Prairies
Canadian Air Force
Conn Smythe
Toronto Maples Leafs
Smyth
Smythe
Fairchild Aviation
Toronto
Smith
Pleasant Mountain
Prairie