BARKLEY, Victor
| Service Number: | 429 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 November 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 5th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Kensington State School, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Died of wounds - abdomen, At sea on board HS Sicilia, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 21 July 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Chaplain E. Teale officiated Panel 4, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 429, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 429, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 429, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 21 Jul 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 429, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 429 awm_unit: 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-07-21 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his 'cousin' Ethel Walton of Florence Street, Hornsby, NSW later she claimed in a Statutory Declaration that she was in fact his defacto widow. Mabel wrote to Base Records 20 May 1916 stating that Ethel was not Victor's cousin and in fact was not related to him
6 October 1920 - Ethel Walton signed a Statutory Declaration to say the his real name was actually Victoy Henry Provis and that as far as she knew Victor was not married and had no children from his union with her and that she had not applied for a pension. His record shows:- Husband of Mabel Mary Provis of South Gippsland; father of Phyllis Mabel Provis and Dorothy Alice Provis. Mabel subsequently provided a copy of the marriage certificate
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to M.M. Provis
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