Pte
Joseph Barker
Military Details
Service Number: 1546
Regiment & Unit / Ship
33rd South African Regiment
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Rank at Enlistment
Pte
Battalion at Enlistment
8th
Service Number at Enlistment
1546
Service History
Killed in action, at Soko Nassai River in what is now Tanzania
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1882
Place of Birth
Beckermet
Religion
C of E
Address
41 Crossfield Road ,Cleator Moor
Residence (Census)
41 Crossfield Road ,Cleator Moor
Residence (Roll of Honour)
41 Crossfield Road ,Cleator Moor
Parents
Henry & Sabra Barker (nee Sewell)
Siblings
Eleanor , William
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Blast Furnace Engine man
Work Address
Whitehaven Haematite and Iron Co Ltd
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
21st March 1916
Age at Death
34
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Soko Nassai River
Theater of Action
Africa
Regiment at Death
South African Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
33rd
Rank at Death
Pte
Buried or Commemorated at
MOSHI CEMETERY
Tanzania
Grave Position: II. B. 1.
Private Memorial: St Johns Church War Memorial
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