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BARBER, Ralph Evan

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	2 August 1915, Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Timaru, New Zealand, 1887
Home Town:	South Perth, South Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	State School Perth
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 18 November 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Perth War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

2 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 28th Infantry Battalion, Perth, WA
17 Apr 1916:	Involvement 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1916:	Embarked 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle
18 Nov 1916:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-11-18

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Robert Frederick and Rhoda Jeanetta Barber, of Lawler St., South Perth, Western Australia.