BARKER, Lot Sydney Forbes
| Service Number: | 33251 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 November 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
| Born: | Forbes, Victoria, 4 December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Redesdale, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | The Working Man's College (R.M.I.T.) |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | War Service Related (gas), Montrose, Victoria, 12 December 1947, aged 55 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 33251, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 33251, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 22 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
Recollections of my Father
My recollections of my father, Lot Sydney Forbes Barker, commonly known as Syd, by Lee Sydney Barker:
Dad died when I was eighteen and in my first year of an engineering degree. We were great friends. He had left school at the age of fourteen or younger, was an apprentice and attended night school at the Working Man's College (now RMIT) for some years when he was young. He had a wide variety of interests - music, gardening, history and literature - in addition to his great interest in all things relating to engineering.
My memories include Dad playing the violin and our harmonium - the apple of his eye - but not realising he was self-taught, and that his interest in and knowledge of music in the light of his background was quite extraordinary.
My father died in 1947. His death certificate says the cause of death was cerebral haemorrhage, arteriosclerosis and pyonephrosis. He had been in poor health for several years, originally from the aftermath of the gas attack in France in 1918, the long-term effects of which had him in hospital in the early 1930s.
Submitted 3 June 2015 by Elizabeth Quinn
Biography
British War Medal, and Victory Medal (not eligible for 1914/15 Star - did not enlist until 08 Nov 1916)
"BARKER.— On December 12 (suddenly), at Stradbroke road, Montrose, Sydney Barker, loved husband of Margaret, and father of Lee, aged 55 years.
BARKER.— A tribute to the memory of our late employer, L. S. Barker. (Inserted by employees, Willis street, North Melbourne.)" - from the Melbourne Argus 13 Dec 1947 (nla.gov.au)
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