BARKER, Violet Gertrude
(Service number 22/203)
| First Rank | Staff Nurse | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 22 October 1881 | Place of Birth | Temuka |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | Nurses' Home, Newtown, Wellington Hospital | ||
| Occupation | Nurse | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | W. E. BARKER (father), Waikonini, Rangitata, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | NZ Army Nursing Service Corps; NZ Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Hospital Ship No.2 Marama; 41st Reinforcement, NZ Army Nursing Service | ||
| Date | 4 December 1915; 27 July 1918 | ||
| Transport | Hospital Ship No.2, 1st Voyage from NZ; Ulimroa | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Alexandria, Egypt; London, England |
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Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egypt; Western Front | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 3 December 1946 | Age | 65 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Violet Gertrude Barker was the daughter of William Edward Barker and his first wife, Gertruse Ellen née Pritchett. Violet's mother died when Violet was just over two years old. Her father then married her aunt, Lucy Mary Pritchett. Violet trained a s anurse in Wellington.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (August 2014); NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [01 May 2017]
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