Lawrence George BARKO

BARKO, Lawrence George

Service Number: VX22707
Enlisted: 6 June 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Bayswater, Vic., 25 August 1916
Home Town: Iraak, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling: Mildura High School
Occupation: Truck Driver
Died: Illness, Rabaul, Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 26 February 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Mildura High School WW2 Honour Roll, Rabaul Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX22707
6 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX22707, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Otto Julius and Ethel Maude Barko, of Iraak, Victoria.