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BARKER, Walter Frank
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6067 |
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Enlisted: | 11 September 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 8th Field Company Engineers |
Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 26 October 1891 |
Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
Schooling: | Ipswich Central State School, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Painter |
Died: | Pneumonia, France, 6 March 1919, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Maubeuge (Sous-le-Bois) Cemetery |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ipswich Central Congregational Church Honour Board, Ipswich Central Congregational Church Pictorial Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
11 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6067, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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20 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 6067, 6th Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
20 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 6067, 6th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Runic, Brisbane | |
6 Mar 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 6067, 8th Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6067 awm_unit: 8th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1919-03-06 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Son of Frank Barker and Caroline Charlotte Favre
Brother of 6543 Pte. Percy Norman Barker who was killed in action at Polygon Wood on 02 Oct 1917