BARGER, Harold Victor
Service Number: | 1675 |
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Enlisted: | 26 January 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
Home Town: | Junortoun, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | North Bendigo and Junortoun State Schools, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Died of Illness, Egypt, 16 February 1916 |
Cemetery: |
Tel El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Grave 24 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Junorton Roll of Honor, North Bendigo State School No 1267 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
26 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1675, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1675, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1675, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
16 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1675, 21st Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Private Harold Victor Barger (1675, 21st Battalion) was a farmer from Bendigo, Victoria. He was diagnosed with cerebro spinal meningitis and died on 16 February 1916. Harold is buried in the Tel El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
His mother wrote that he was 17 and a half years of age at the time of his death.
Harold's brother Private William Gabriel Barger was killed in the battle of Fromelles on July 1916, and another brother Private Robert Charles Barger served with the 8th Battalion.
Source: AWM