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Joseph Cecil BARKER

Regimental number54624
Place of birthLondon, England
SchoolLondon County Council School, London, England
Age on arrival in Australia16
ReligionChurch of Christ
OccupationClerk
AddressSurry Hills, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 7"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, J. Barker, 16 Baroness Road, Hackney Road, London NE, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 April 1918
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameNew South Wales Reinforcement 8
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Feldmarschall on 19 June 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll35th Battalion
FateDied of disease 9 October 1918
Date of death9 October 1918
Age at death18
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialManor Park Cemetery (Row 14, Grave No. 371), Essex
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
124
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Maud Jessie Barker, 16 Baroness Road, Hackney Road, London
Other details

War service: England.

Embarked Sydney, 19 June 1918; disembarked London, 26 August 1918, and marched into 9th Training Bn, Fovant, the same day.

Died, Fovant Military Hospital, England, 9 October 1918.

Buried Manor Park Cemetery, 15 October 1918.

Medal: British War Medal.
SourcesNAA: B2455, BARKER Joseph Cecil

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