BARKER, James
| Service Number: | 1477 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916, West Maitland, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Byers Green, Durham, England, January 1863 |
| Home Town: | Abermain, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Abermain War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cessnock Abermain Comforts Fund Pictorial Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1477, West Maitland, New South Wales | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1477, 34th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1477, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 20 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1477, 34th Infantry Battalion, Warneton |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
James was 54 years 6 months old, at time of death.
His son 2534 Pte. John Albert Barker (/explore/people/302418) of the 35th Batt. was killed in action on 07 Jun 1917, aged 17 years 6 months.
His three other sons survived;
1406 Pte. Thomas Garside Barker (/explore/people/257753) of the 13th Batt. was wounded in action at Gallipoli on 02 May 1915, GSW to the face and invalided back to Australia
1503 Pte. Lambert Manfred Barker (/explore/people/272268) of the 17th Batt. who was wounded in action at Gallipoli, (mild shrapnel wound to the hand), and served throughout the rest of the war
375 Pte. Job Barker (/explore/people/100578) of the 35th Batt. saw service at the front, but compassionately discharged following the death of his father and his brother John, to care for his widowed mother.
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