James Russell BARKER

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BARKER, James Russell

Service Number:	2782
Enlisted:	17 October 1916, Hobart, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cleveland, Tasmania, Australia, 11 April 1898
Home Town:	Cleveland, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Cleveland State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 31 August 1918, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Campbell Town Kirklands Presbyterian Church Honour Roll, Campbell Town Roll of Honour, Campbell Town St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Honour Roll, Campbell Town War Memorial, Ross Conara Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

17 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2782, Hobart, Tasmania
6 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2782, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
6 Dec 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2782, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
31 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2782, 40th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Craig Barwick

I'm tracing my Great Grand Uncle Pte James Russell Barker, who died in 1918 France during WW1. He was born 11 April 1898, Cleveland, Tasmania to Robert & Mary Jane Barker. He was killed in action 31/08/1918 near Clery Sur Somme. There is a notation on his war records about burial, ( 500 yards north of Clery Sur Somme and 3400 yards west of Alaines, I assume this may have been a trench grave ? I am unable to find if this site was exhumed and the bodies moved to another cemetery, not sure if anyone can help. I have one photo, which in itself is probably lucky, of him . A group photo taken at a rifle competition at Querrieu Chateau Grounds, probably during training, he is back row, 2nd from left.

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