Barker, Lewis Ernest Stephen (Brigadier, b.1895 - d.1981)

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Accession Number PR84/323
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet; 1 oversize; 1 box
Object type Document
Maker Barker, Lewis Ernest Stephen
Date made 1941-1984
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM315 749/006/024
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Reminiscences and military records of Brigadier Barker covering his service 1910-1946. Also contains a poem and signatures from Mersa Matruh, as well as a prayer book believed to have once belonged to General HCH Robertson. Other items include a map made on a bedsheet showing part of North Africa, used by Barker in a series of talks in Melbourne in early 1941 and two undated photographs of Barker in uniform.