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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 and Memorial 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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