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Australians
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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.
| Surname | | BARKER |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | John Charles |
| Regimental Number | | 668 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: Details per 'Britannic' (all but one of the Details had served in 3rd or 4th Qld. Contingents).
URL1: WW1 AIF 3251 Corporal 5Bn.
URL2: an orchardist aged 44, next of kin from Ballandean Qld.
Smith2: 3QMI Doyle's Scouts/5QIB, King's South Africa Medal and 2 clasps.
URL3: WW1 AIF 3251 Cpl. 11/9Bn. 49Bn. & MMP an orchardist aged 44 in 1915 born at Highfields near Toowoomba Qld. next of kin wife at Ballandean, Signaller Sergt. South African Colonial Forces 2 years 5 months South African War, 1928 correspondence with Repatriation Dept. Brisbane, died in 1952.
URL6: The Relatives and Friends of Mr. and Mrs. JG Geyer (Brisbane), Mr. and Mrs. VL Barker (Ballandean), Mr. and Mrs. JC Barker (Fletcher), Mr. and Mrs. GW Eedy, Mr. and Mrs. CJ Barker (Brisbane), Mr. and Mrs. HW Barker (Ballandean). and famlies are invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved Father, Father in-law, and Grandfather John Charles BARKER 3rd QMI Boer War. 49th Battn. 1st AIF to leave St Paul's CofE Stanthorpe at 11:30 8.7.1952 for the Stanthorpe Cemetery.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 519
Smith2: Australian KSA Medal Recipients page(s) 7
B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 7.7.1952
| | External Link URL1 | | www.awm.gov.au/database/133/page.asp?Folder=3&Page=2&Surname=barker | | External Link URL2 | | www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm8/23_26_3/pdf/0394.pdf | | External Link URL3 | | naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=3049334&I=1&SE=1 | | External Link URL4 | | aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=13448 | | External Link URL5 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL6 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50517285 |
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