LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Carl Edmund BARKER
Service No: 20825
Born: Minmi NSW, 20 July 1910
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 January 1941
Unit: No. 2 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Station Richmond NSW
Died: Illness, Concord West NSW, 8 December 1943, Aged 33 Years
Buried: Sydney War Cemetery, Rookwood NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Eugene Henry and Alice Maud Barker; husband of Amy Evelyn Barker, of Belmont
Roll of Honour: Belmont NSW
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 27 November 1943, Leading Aircraftman Barker, a Fitter II Engines, was admitted to No. 3 RAAF Hospital, Concord West, dangerously ill. He died on 8 December 1943 of subacute bacterial endocarditis.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/5/370