Eric Hugh BARKER

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Service Number:	5044
Enlisted:	28 December 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 7 July 1886
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Grammar School and Wagga Wagga Experimental Farm, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Messines Ridge British Cemetery Plot V, Row D, Grave 13,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

28 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5044, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5044, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5044, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5044 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-07
Date unknown:	Involvement 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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45 Battalion

Rank - Private

11 November 1916 admitted to hospital with chronic deafness

Son of Theo Hugh and Edith May Barker, 48 Cowles Road, Mosman, New South Wales. Native of Wellington, New South Wales