Douglas Maxwell BARBER

BARBER, Douglas Maxwell

Service Numbers: SX20316, S59909
Enlisted: 3 July 1942
Last Rank: Staff Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Peterborough, South Australia , 8 August 1917
Home Town: Port Augusta, Port Augusta, South Australia
Schooling: Port Augusta, South Australia
Occupation: Dental Technician
Died: Cancer, Brisbane Queensland Australia , 24 October 2001, aged 84 years
Cemetery: Stirling North Cemetery (Port Augusta), S.A.
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World War 2 Service

3 Jul 1942: Involvement SX20316
3 Jul 1942: Involvement S59909
3 Jul 1942: Enlisted Wayville, SA
3 Jul 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, SX20316
16 May 1946: Discharged

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Biography contributed by Carmel Barber

Douglas Barber was the 8th of 12 children born to James George and Ruby Millicent (nee Daniel)

Doug was a keen amateur naturalist and enjoyed bushwalking, bird life and geology. Many happy years were spent camping, all around Australia, but particularly in the Flinders Ranges. 

On 27 August 1947 he married Nora Kathleen Cotton and settled in Whyalla, where he worked as a Dental Technician; they had 5 children. 


After retirement, Doug and Nora moved to Brisbane, after his death Doug was buried in Stirling North Cemetary, close to his beloved Flinders Ranges

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