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BARBER, Vernon Henry

Service Number:	968
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Company Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fitzroy, Victoria, 4 July 1893
Home Town:	Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Caulfield and Mordialloe State Schools
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 April 1915, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 968, Melbourne, Victoria
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 968, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 968, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 968, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 968 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1915-04-28

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Biography

Served in Cadets. Ranks from Sergeant to Lt.