
SA1742
BARBER, Thomas John
Service Number: | 485 |
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Enlisted: | 9 December 1914, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Goolwa, South Australia, 2 February 1886 |
Home Town: | Goolwa, Alexandrina, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Packer (S.A.R.) |
Died: | Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 27 January 1975, aged 88 years |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Location: RSL, Wall 107, Niche C011 |
Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Goolwa War Memorial, Port Lincoln S.A.R. Eyre's Peninsula Division Roll of Honour WW1 |
Biography
Son of Henry Thomas BARBER and Jane nee COPPINS
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
"485 Private Thomas John Barber, 11th Australian Light Horse Regiment, of Goolwa, SA. Pte Barber enlisted on 9 December 1914 and embarked aboard HMAT Borda on 16 June 1915. He returned to Australia on 22 January 1917." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA: 1910 - 1924) Thursday 14 November 1918
RAILWAY STAFF CHANGES.
Mr. T. J. Barber, of the maintenance branch, recently connected with the staff at Port Pirie station, has accepted a transfer to the Peterborough station.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106527639