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Sergeant BENJAMIN BARKER

Service Number: 1015042
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 14 February 1944

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIMBERLEY (WEST END) CEMETERY

E.C. Block Z. Row B. Grave 7.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Margaret Barker, of Wigan, Lancashire, England; husband of Mabel Barker, of Wigan.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST. SADLY MISSED BY HIS LOVING WIFE AND SON
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Buried or commemorated at

KIMBERLEY (WEST END) CEMETERY
Northern Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 1599
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