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Tasman Foster BARKER

Regimental number3015
Place of birthTallarook, Victoria
Other trainingQualified as first class signaller through No 3 Group School of Signalling.
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCoachbuilder
AddressColac, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinWife, Mrs Emond Barker, Hearn Street, Colac, Victoria
Enlistment date6 November 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll6 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name37th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 19 February 1917
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3051A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 21 April 1918
Date of death21 April 1918
Age at death23
Place of burialBonnay Communal Cemetery Extension (Row A, Grave No. 30)), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Francis and Alice Maud Barker, husband of Emond Barker, Hearne Street, Colac, Victoria, Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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