BARKER, Stanley Alfred
| Service Number: | VX41773 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 July 1940, Caulfield, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Yarra, Victoria, 2 September 1902 |
| Home Town: | Burleigh, Yarra Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Murdered by Japanese captors, Parit Sulong, Malaya, 22 January 1942, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Column 129, Singapore memorial (within Kranji War Cemetery)., Singapore Memorial, Singapore |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX41773, Caulfield, Victoria | |
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| 11 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VX41773, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Jul 1940: | Involvement Private, VX41773 | |
| 22 Jan 1942: | Involvement Corporal, VX41773, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore |
My Pop
My grandfather died 24 years before I was born. He is my mother's dad. He died when mum was only 11 years old.
He was a loved husband and father of two sons and one daughter. His wife Annie died only 2 years after his death, leaving the three children orphans.
He has been greatly missed and never will be forgotten.
Submitted 14 April 2016 by kerri fisher
Biography
"...VX41773 Acting Corporal Stanley Alfred Barker, 2/29 Battalion. He was one of 145 men who were massacred by the Japanese at Parit Sulong on 22 January 1942 during the Malaya Campaign when wounded Australian and Indian soldiers were left behind by withdrawing troops after the Battle of Muar. They were rounded up by the Japanese and forced to surrender all of their belongings including their clothes, which were later returned. The men, now Prisoners of War (POWs) were beaten, tormented and denied food, water and medical attention. At sunset on the night of 22 January 1942, the men were roped or wired together in groups and led into the jungle where they were shot with machine guns, doused with petrol and set alight. Only Lieutenant Ben Charles Hackney and VX52333 Reginald Arthur Wharton survived, feigning death despite repeated brutalities by the Japanese. Acting Corporal Barker, aged 39, was the husband of Annie Elizabeth Barker of Burleigh, Vic..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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