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BARKER, Eric Hugh
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5044 |
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Enlisted: | 28 December 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Ahsfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 7 July 1886 |
Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Orchardist |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
Messines Ridge British Cemetery Plot V, Row D, Grave 13, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Messines, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
28 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia | |
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31 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5044, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
31 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5044, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5044, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5044 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-07 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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45 Battalion
Rank - Private
11 November 1916 admitted to hospital with chronic deafness
Son of Theo Hugh and Edith May Barker, 48 Cowles Road, Mosman, New South Wales. Native of Wellington, New South Wales