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BARKER, Arthur
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 547 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 May 1916, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 August 1898 |
| Home Town: | Atherton, Tablelands, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cairns Cenotaph |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7th Machine Gun Company, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland. | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 547, 7th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 547, 7th Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne |
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