BARBER, Alexander Watt Andrew
| Service Number: | 343 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 September 1914, Enlisted at Warracknabeal, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Laen, Victoria, Australia, 25 December 1891 |
| Home Town: | Minyip, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Laen Public School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Walkers Ridge, Gallipoli Turkey, 22 June 1915, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Row C, Grave 5 Rev. E. Makeham officiated Headstone inscription reads: Born at Laen, Victoria 25.12.1891 Behind all shadows standeth God |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Minyip Laen State School No 1799 Great European War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 343, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Warracknabeal, Victoria | |
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| 25 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 343, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 343, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 22 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 343, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 22 Jun 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 343, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 343 awm_unit: 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-06-22 | |
| 22 Jun 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 343, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Multiple BW to head, arms, hands, abdomen and right thigh sustained at Walker's Ridge. Died at Anzac Cove later the same day. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alexander William and Annie Barber of Laen, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Citizens Military Force's Yarrowee Light Horse
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
Trooper (Tpr) 343 Alexander Watt Andrew Barber, farmer, of Laen (near Donald), Victoria enlisted in the 8th Light Horse Regiment on 17 September 1914 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Star of Victoria on 24 February 1915 for Gallipoli.
Tpr Barber died at Anzac Cove on 22 June 1915 of multiple bomb wounds received in action at walker's Ridge, Gallipoli on the same date, having only arrived on Gallipoli c.22 May 1915. He was aged 23 years.
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