BARKER, Charles Russell
| Service Number: | VX5687 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 November 1939, Sale, Vic. |
| 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, Greece, 27 May 1941, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Suda Bay War Cemetery (Souda Bay) Greece Plot 5, Row C, Grave 5 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Traralgon War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX5687 | |
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| 4 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX5687, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion, Sale, Vic. |
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Son of Charles Russell Barker and Julia Mary Barker, of Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia.
HE GLADLY DIED THAT WE MIGHT ENJOY PEACE
CPL. CHARLES RUSSELL BARKER, killed in action on May 27, was 23, and lived at Traralgon. He was in the 37th Battalion Militia before enlistment. He served in Palestine, Egypt, Libya and Greece. Born in Dandenong, Cpl. Barker was a well-known footballer in the Cowwarr and District Football Association, and took an interest in swimming, cricket and scouting.
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.
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