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BARKER, Thomas William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 56 |
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Enlisted: | 23 October 1899 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry Contingent |
Born: | Port Sorrell, Tasmania, Australia, 28 June 1874 |
Home Town: | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Enteric Fever, Deelfontein, South Africa, Deelfontein, Great Karoo, Northern Cape, South Africa, 15 June 1900, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Deelfontein Cemetery, Deelfontein, Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Boer War Memorial, Penguin Boer War Memorial, Ulverstone Boer War Memorial |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 56 | |
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23 Oct 1899: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 56, 1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry Contingent |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Thomas William BARKER was born on 28th June, 1874 in Port Sorrell, Tasmania
His parents were Jacob BARKER & Lydia Lacey HEDGES
He died of enteric fever on 15th June 1900 and is buried in the Deelfontein Cemetery, Great Karoo, Northern Cape in South Africa
Medals: Queens South Africa Medal with 2 clasps