Thomas (Pop) BARKER

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BARKER, Thomas

Service Numbers:	6705, S42904
Enlisted:	3 July 1916
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	General Hospitals - WW2
Born:	Manchester, England, 30 March 1884
Home Town:	Goodwood, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Natural causes, South Road Estate, Edwardstown, South Australia, 17 January 1948, aged 63 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	South Australian Garden of Remembrance

World War 1 Service

3 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
8 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6705, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6705, 3rd Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney

World War 2 Service

29 May 1942:	Involvement Corporal, S42904
29 May 1942:	Enlisted Unley, SA
29 May 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, S42904, General Hospitals - WW2
10 Nov 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, S42904, General Hospitals - WW2
10 Nov 1943:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

The Advertiser (Adelaide) - Monday 19 January 1948

BARKER - on January 17 (suddenly), Thomas (Pop) late of Darwin and the 32nd Battalion, 1st A.I.F. - the dearly beloved husband of Clara Minnie Barker of 612 South road, Edwardstown and loving father of Daisy (Mrs S Standish of Penola) and Frank. Aged 64 years

BARKER - the friends of the late Thomas (Pop) Barker of Edwardstown, late of Darwin and the 32nd Battalion, 1st A.I.F. are respectfully informed that his funeral will leave our parlour in Unley on Monday for the Centennial Park Cemetery

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