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BARKER, John Charles

Service Numbers:	668, 3251
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Highfields, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 6 April 1871
Home Town:	Ballandean, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	6 July 1952, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Stanthorpe General Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Section 4, Row D, Grave 1
Memorials:	Ballandean Sons of the Empire

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

John Charles Barker served twice in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Lance Corporal S.N. 144 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, and second as a Private S.N. 668 in the 6th Queensland Bushmen. (source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 470 and 519- see note bottom of page).

He would go on to serve again in WW1 as a Private S.N. 3251 in the 9th Infantry Battalion AIF. (source National Archives Australia WW1 service records).