Charles Russell BARKER

BARKER, Charles Russell

Service Number: VX5687
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX5687
4 Nov 1939: Enlisted Sale, Victoria, Australia
4 Nov 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX5687, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

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.