Profile

BARBER, Hugh James Frederick
(Service number 4656)

Aliases
First Rank		Last Rank	Sergeant

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	2 February 1916	Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Son of Robert F. and Rhoda J. Barber, of Lawler St., South Perth, Western Australia
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	Australian Imperial Forces	Served in	28th Btn, Australian Infantry
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation
Unit, Squadron, or Ship
Date	17 April 1916
Transport	HMAT Aeneas
Embarked From	Freemantle	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards	Military Medal

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	30 August 1918	Age	37
Place of Death	Somme, France
Cause	KIA
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	2015 additions to the Tiimaru Memorial Wall

Biographical Notes

from Timaru; Son of Robert F. and Rhoda J. Barber, of Lawler St., South Perth, Western Australia. Born at Timaru, New Zealand.

Sources

Paul McNicholl's list of additional names for the Tiimaru Memorial Wall (August 2013); Australian War Memorial website; CWGC

External Links

Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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