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BARKER, Charles Russell
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX5687 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 November 1939, Sale, Victoria, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, 13 August 1917 |
| Home Town: | Traralgon, Latrobe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Milkman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Crete, Crete, Greece, 27 May 1941, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Traralgon War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX5687 | |
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| 4 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Sale, Victoria, Australia | |
| 4 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VX5687, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion |
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2/7 Battalion
Rank - Private
Medals: 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with clasps, War Medal, Australian Service Medal
Son of Charles Russell Barker and Julia Mary Barker, of Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia.