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BARKLA, Joseph Harold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3236 |
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| 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 Joyce's Creek Honour Roll, Newstead Methodist Church Honour Roll, Newstead State School No. 452 WWI Honor Roll, Newstead Strangways Methodist Church Honour Roll, Newstead War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3236, 7th Infantry Battalion, Newstead, Vic. | |
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| 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). |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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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