Stanley John Redvers BARKER

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BARKER, Stanley John Redvers

Service Number:	64796
Enlisted:	30 March 1918
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Reinforcements WW1
Born:	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 28 February 1900
Home Town:	Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Woolen Mill Employee
Died:	Pneumonia, Egypt, 29 November 1918, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	Suez War Memorial Cemetery Row A, Grave 27.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newham State School No 1913 Honor Roll, Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial, Warrnambool Woollen Mill Honor Roll, Warrnambool Woollen Mill War Memorial

World War 1 Service

30 Mar 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 64796, Reinforcements WW1
16 Oct 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 64796, Reinforcements WW1

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Stanley John Redvers Barker was the son of William and Martha Barker of Warrnambool, Victoria. He was one of three brothers who went to war, only one returned.

William Barker, the father, was born at Cambridgeshire, England. He came to Australia with his parents in 1855, landing at Portland, Victoria, where they remained for about 12 months, afterwards moving to Port Fairy. After residing there for about 8 years they moved to Warrnambool, and Mr. Barker continued to reside at Warrnambool until his death in March 1917. He was a tanner by trade and he followed his calling until about 1915.

Stanley’s older brother, 6315 Sergeant William Claude Barker 4th Field Artillery Brigade had been killed in action in France on 25 May 1917, aged 27.

Stanley was born in 1900, so only 18 years of age when he embarked from Sydney, 16 October 1918; disembarked Suez, 22 November 1918 and admitted to Government Hospital, Suez (influenza). He was listed as dangerously ill, 28 November 1918, and died of broncho-pneumonia, 29 November 1918.

Stanley had been working at the Warrnambool Woollen Mills when he enlisted. A memorial was erected at the Mill to four employees who died during the war.

Another older brother, 6004 Driver Cyril Barker also served in the 4th Field Artillery Brigade, and returned to Australia during 1919.

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