George Foster BARBER

BARBER, George Foster

    Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
    Enlisted: 6 March 1915
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 23 May 1868
    Home Town: Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Contractor
    Died: Natural causes, Concord Repatriation Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 12 September 1958, aged 90 years
    Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
    Zone F Methodist New Section 3B Grave 319-321
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    World War 1 Service

    6 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, 3rd Infantry Battalion
    16 Mar 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion
    17 Mar 1915: Involvement Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
    17 Mar 1915: Embarked Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney
    7 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    7 Aug 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion
    14 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT A62 Wandilla, Suez for return to Australia - medically unfit (Aortic disease).
    3 Jun 1916: Embarked Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
    3 Jun 1916: Involvement Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
    21 Jun 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit

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