Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Barker, Oliver Allen

Born 1897 Ulverstone Tasmania the son of Elijah and Jane Barker (nee Hales) a butcher he embarked Melbourne 8^th February 1916 on board “HMAT Warilda” with the 12^th Infantry Battalion.

He was serving with the 52^nd Battalion when he was killed instantly 11^th April 1917 by a direct hit by shell at Bullecourt and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.

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