Private Herb Barber WW1 Australian Army

[Cockneyrebel]

Very little is known about the above, other than his parents were Andrew Bartley Barber & Margaret nee Cook (Koch). Herb died in England from pneumonia after being gassed earlier on; I think it was just before the war ended. It was from him that the Croix de Guerre medal was passed on shown on a different post here.
There was another Herb Barber was shot and died aged 17 at Bardia (c 1940) while his platoon was landing from the barge.
Cr

[*Sandra*]

Hmmm I wonder if this one is a possible - parents sound right ??

Arthur Herbert Barber 1885 New South Wales
Registration Place   Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Father   Andrew B Barber - Mother    Margaret Barber
Registration Number   24483

This one has a different regiment no Service No: 2817
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 1st Bn.
Son of Andrew Bartley Barber and Margaret Barber, of Bowraville, New South Wales. Born at Shark Island, New South Wales.

FIND A GRAVE with photograph

Herbert Arthur Barber.  21 February 1919

Charleroi Communal Cemetery
Charleroi, Arrondissement de Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium
PLOT H. 10.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12512993/herbert-arthur-barber

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

FIND A GRAVE

Andrew Barlett Barclay -1854 - 1926

Wamberal Cemetery
Wamberal, Central Coast Council, New South Wales, Australia
PLOT  Sect. CE 1 Row 5 Plot 31

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129735613/andrew-bartley-barber

Margaret Cook Barber - 1857 - 1901

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187745235/margaret-barber

Sandra

[Cockneyrebel]

As ever, Sandra, seems as if you're on the right track, I guess Spanish Flu could have been considered as pneumonia but in France not England?
Cr

[*Sandra*]

http://www.inmemories.com/Cemeteries/charleroi.htm

CHARLEROI Communal Cemetery (Hainaut Belgium)

Pte Herbert Arthur Barber21/02/1919
Herbert enlisted 03/10/1916 and left Australia 23/11/1916 and England in 03/1917. He was gassed and wounded in 07/1918.
For his cousin, Helen and Iain Watt

Sandra

[Cockneyrebel]

Superb Sandra. Do you change your icon every month or season?
CR

[*Sandra*]

Yes, like a change -  Change of season............. 

Pte H A Barber - sister of Mrs William Clegg of Warrell Creek.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174427455?searchTerm=Pte%20Herbert%20Arthur%20Barber

Sandra

[sparrett]

Hi
The man's WW1 records are digitised here.
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/

There are letters from his father and his sister about his effects.

There seems to be confusion here as in letter pg 33, his father states he is Next of Kin and  his address to be c/o Mr  W Coulter.

In letter on pr 47, Mrs W. Coulter states she is the soldiers sister and next of kin, and wants his effects.

In a letter on pg 54 his father asks for his Death Certificate. He states he is Next of Kin.  The hand writing ( in my opinion), is  different from his first letter and the language is more "sophisticated"

Sue

[maddys52]

deleted, sorry repeating information already given