Joseph Harold BARKLA

BARKLA, Joseph Harold

    Service Number: 3236
    Enlisted: 12 July 1915, Newstead, Vic.
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Newstead, Victoria, Australia, 1886
    Home Town: Newstead, Mount Alexander, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Tuberculosis, Macleod Sanatorium, Macleod, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 June 1919
    Cemetery: Newstead Public Cemetery, Victoria
    Methodist Sec. Grave 1067E
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newstead & District Great European War Roll of Honor, Newstead Methodist Church Honour Roll, Newstead State School No. 452 WWI Honor Roll, Newstead War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3236, 7th Infantry Battalion, Newstead, Vic.
    11 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3236, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
    11 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3236, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
    23 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3236, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
    1 Aug 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion, France
    27 Aug 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion, France
    2 Jul 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3236, 7th Infantry Battalion, RTA 8 April 1917 and discharged as MU (illness).

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    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    Corporal Barkla was 32 and the son of Joseph and Sarah Barkla of Newstead, Victoria, Australia.

    He was accepted for commemoration as Great War dead on 21st December 2016.

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