His story
He served as a private in the Army Veterinary Corps, under service number SE/33904. His recorded unit was Divisional Veterinary Hospital (St. Albans).
He died on 30 October 1918. His recorded cemetery or memorial is Bradford (Scholemoor) Cemetery.
Before the war
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Private
- Service number
- SE/33904
- Corps or service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- Divisional Veterinary Hospital (St. Albans)
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 30 October 1918
- Cemetery or memorial
- Bradford (Scholemoor) Cemetery
- Grave reference
- B. RC. 339.
Connected men
- Benjamin William Thomas PULHAMAlso buried at Bradford (Scholemoor) Cemetery
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Research record number: 444
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “William Barker”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/barker-william-se-33904/.
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