BARKER, Osborne James
| Service Number: | 6238 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 June 1916, 20th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Penguin, Tasmania, Australia, 16 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Rocky Cape, Circular Head, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | War Service related, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 7 February 1921, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Block F2 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6238, 12th Infantry Battalion, 20th Reinforcements |
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World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 6238, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 6238, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Botanist, Melbourne | |
| 5 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6238, 12th Infantry Battalion, GSW left shoulder - Bullecourt, France | |
| 5 Nov 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6238, 12th Infantry Battalion, per A32 HT Themistocles to Melbourne | |
| 19 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6238, 12th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Osborne was the fourth of ten children of Elijah Barker (b1851 in Norfolk, England) and his second wife Jane Hales (nee Allen; b1864 in Port Cygnet, Tasmania). Elijah immigrated in 1855, arriving in Launceston, Tasmania on board the Whirlwind. He was a Farmer (and Widower with two surviving children) in Penguin, Tasmania in 1887 when he married Jane (a Widow with one son). Elijah and Jane settled in Penguin to raise their family, and Elijah was a Farmer.
Osborne was a Farmer at Rocky Cape in 1916 when he enlisted in the AIF. He served as a Private (Service No:6238) with 12th Infantry Battalion and was WiA at Bullecourt, France in May 1917 - GSW to left shoulder. Following his Discharge in July 1918, Osborne was admitted to hospital in Australia for further treatment of his wounds.
In 1919 Osborne was a Farmer at Montumana when he married Florence Winnie Snoxall (b1899 in Beaconsfiled, Tasmania) in Launceston. Osborne died in 1921 and Florence in 1922, leaving their baby daughter to be raised by her maternal grandmother.
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