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Joseph Wilson Barker

1873-1955

Unit

1st Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1655

About

Born

15 May 1873
Work

Occupation

Mine-manager
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Emily Barker

Army Experience

  • National Reserve

    New Zealand

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 81

    4 April 1955

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5520 50/0011472, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 7.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Joseph Wilson Barker (1873-1955)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/26

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