Bert BARBER

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Service Number:	VX18991
Enlisted:	29 May 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 1 January 1913
Home Town:	Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese, Burma, 2 December 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A8 A 7,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Murgon Memorial Wall, Murgon RSL Honour Board, Murgon War Memorial

29 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX18991, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion
2 Dec 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX18991, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion

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