George Augustus Barker

Sergeant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Edmund and Elizabeth Barker, of Mamaku.

References:

CWGC

Relatives Who Are Also Casualties:

Ivan Lipsey Barker, Brother, 09/02/1946

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Sergeant George A. Barker, aged 28, who has died of sickness in the Wellington Hospital while on furlough from the Second N.Z.E.F., was the fourth son of Mr and Mrs E. Barker, of Mamaku. Sergeant Barker left New Zealand with the Second Echelon and served with a field regiment of artillery. Two brothers are prisoners of war and a third brother is on active service overseas. Sergeant Barker was educated at the Mamaku School. As a Rugby footballer, he represented Rotorua. He was also a member of the Rotorua Hunt Club.

NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME 81, ISSUE 24869, 15 APRIL 1944, PAGE 9

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Casualty

Service Number:

22861

Name:

George Augustus Barker

Rank:

Sergeant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs E. Barker (mother), Mamaku, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

Mamaku, New Zealand

Occupation on Enlistment:

Bushman

Unit:

New Zealand Infantry

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of Sickness

Date of Death:

01 April 1944

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Mamaku Public Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

23. 9.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand