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BARKER, Charles Victor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5250 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Gawler, South Australia, Australia, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in action (Black Watch Shaft), France, 27 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension Plot I, Row C, Grave 15 |
| Memorials: | HammondHB1* |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, SN 5250, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
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| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement Sapper, SN 5250, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Embarked Sapper, SN 5250, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Armadale, Melbourne | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, SN 5250, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Failed to re-embarked at Capetown. Embarked HMAT A67 "Orsova", Capetown | |
| 27 Nov 1916: | Involvement Sapper, SN 5250 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Killed in action 27th November 1916 aged 35, one of 20 members of the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company killed in action on this day when they were entombed in Black Watch Shaft, Hill 70 Loos.