Harold Hindmarsh BARTON

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BARTON, Harold Hindmarsh

Service Number:	667
Enlisted:	1 October 1899
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	New South Wales Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, 22 November 1878
Home Town:	Bourke, Bourke, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Stock & Station Agent
Died:	Illness, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28 June 1960, aged 81 years
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12, Section 12
Memorials:

1 Oct 1899:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 667, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Harold Hindmarsh BARTON was born on 22nd November, 1878 in Bourke, NSW

His parents were Edmund Butcher BARTON & Ellen (Nellie) Catherine MORRIS who married on 23rd March, 1876 in Bogan River, Chartlon Station, NSW

He served during the Boer War as a Private with the NSW Imperial Bushmen

He married Ethel Louise TAYLOR on 25th April, 1905 in Orange, NSW

Harold died in Brisbane on 28th June 1960 & was cremated at Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium

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He was awarded the Queens South Africa Medal with 5 clasps

On the National Archives it stated he was a Serviceman during WW1 but no record can be found - it is possible he served under another name due to his age

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