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BARKLEY, Ronald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3462 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 July 1915, Geelong, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Ensay, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Ferntree Gully, Vic., 12 February 1968 |
| Cemetery: |
Ferntree Gully Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian Section D, Row 3, Plot 11 |
| Memorials: | Reedy Flat War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3462, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Geelong, Vic. | |
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| 5 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3462, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3462, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
| 23 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
| 17 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 15th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 27 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 6th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 15 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 3462, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Shrapnel wound to nose | |
| 15 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 3462, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HT Ypiringa, for return to Australia - arriving 5 July 1919. | |
| 27 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 3462, 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Third son of John and Helen BARKLEY (nee MacALLISTER)
After serving almost four years Ronald was wounded in action and returned to Australia in 1919. He worked in the Bairnsdale area as a labourer and cab driver.
In 1929 he married Hazel Florence and they moved to Melbourne. Ronald died at Ferntree Gully in 1968 age 80 years.
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