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George BARKER

Regimental number5704
Place of birthFernie Canada
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMiner
AddressSurry Hills, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinWife, Mrs A Barker, 362 Crown Street, Surry Hills, New South Wales
Enlistment date27 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameTunnelling Companies Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Australian Tunnelling Company
FateKilled in Action 24 April 1918
Date of death24 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialQuerrieu British Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 10), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Margaret Barker, husband of Alice Barker, 5 Holt Street, Sydney, New South Wales. Native of Fernie, Canada

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