BARKER, Kenneth Mcleod
| Service Numbers: | QX41224, Q136017 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 16 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 27 June 1922 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 19 September 1992, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, QLD |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Apr 1942: | Involvement Private, Q136017, also QX41224 | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr 1942: | Involvement Private, QX41224, also Q136017 | |
| 16 Apr 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 16 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX41224 | |
| 13 Nov 1942: | Discharged | |
| 13 Nov 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX41224 |
Help us honour Kenneth Mcleod Barker's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Ken was the second of four children of Francis Gibson Barker (b1897 in Helidon, QLD) and first wife Margaret Caroline Tait (b1896 in Wellington Point, Brisbane, QLD). Francis (a Farmer) and Margaret (a Milliner) married in 1920 in Wellington Point, Brisbane QLD. Francis served in WWI (Private; Service No:1003). He and Margaret lived in Wellington Point and Toowoomba before settling in Brisbane in 1922. Francis worked as a Carter, Waterside Worker, Labourer and Truck Driver. He served in WWII (Lance Corporal; Service No:Q187509). Following Margaret's death in 1957 Francis remarried in 1958
Ken was a Labourer in Chermside, Brisbane in 1942 when he enlisted in the Australian Army (Private; Service Nos:QX41224/Q136017). He was attached to H2 Training Depot Goondiwindi when he was Discharged in November 1942.
Ken returned to Chermside, where he had a brief stint as a Farmer before working as a Grader Driver. He married Valerie (Val) May Grimley (b1933 in Brisbane, QLD) - Val was a Nurse living in Toombul when they married in the early 1950's. Ken and Val settled in Chermside, where Ken worked as a Grader Driver and Truck Driver. He died in 1992 and Val in 1994.
Click images to start slideshow.