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BARLING, Henry Joseph Alexander

Service Number:	537A
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Breakwater, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Newtown, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 9 August 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Geelong School No 541 Honour Roll, East Geelong War Memorial, Geelong East St Matthew's Church Roll of Honour, St Albans Concord Division O.S.T. No 8 Honor Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

19 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 537A, 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
19 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 537A, 2nd ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
9 Aug 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 537A, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 537A awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-09

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Biography contributed by Anton Heyneke

Married to Cordelia Barling