Colin Fraser Barron

Colin Fraser Barron was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was born at Boyndie, Banffshire, Scotland, a son of Margaret Walker Barron, a domestic servant. He was raised in a large household by his grandparents Joseph Barron & Mary Barron along with his brother Alexander Barron and many other half-siblings and aunts and uncles. He emigrated to Canada in 1910, and enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1914.

20 September 1893

Born on the same birth date (20 September 1893): Hermann Lux (footballer)

Born on the same birth day (20 September): Charles Reidpath • Dennis Viollet • Emperor Takakura • Ferenc Szisz • Freya Ross • Gogi Grant • Jeff Morris (actor) • Jon Bernthal • Jordan Tata • Kenneth More • Maurice Sauvé • Obdulio Varela • Sammy McMillan • Tarō Asō • The-Dream • Tim Rogers (musician) • Yung Joc

Born in the same month (September 1893): Alexander Korda • Arthur Benjamin • Blind Lemon Jefferson • Claire Lee Chennault • Hermann Lux (footballer) • Hilda Geiringer • William March • Yasuo Kuniyoshi