Robert John BARKER

Robert John BARKER Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Number:	2931
Enlisted:	31 May 1937
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	General Reconnaissance School Bairnsdale
Born:	Glen Huntly, Victoria, Australia, 13 November 1917
Home Town:	Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Aircraft accident, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia, 11 March 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia R.C. Plot. Row 131. Grave 21 (GRM/3), Cheltenham New General Cemetery, Cheltenham, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

31 May 1937:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, General Reconnaissance School Bairnsdale
31 May 1937:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 2931
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 2931

Help us honour Robert John Barker's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Son of Robert John and Catherine Bracken Barker

Husband of Beryl Mary Barker of Gardenvale, Victoria

Avro Anson W2369 of General Reconnaissance School, Laverton crashed into Port Phillip Bay, Victoria killing all of the crew aboard:

Flight Lieutenant John Langley Webb 1371

Flying Officer Kenneth Charles Peters 827

Warrant Officer Robert John Barker 2931

Aircraftman Harold Gravell Lincoln 21892