Barber Ernest Pte 4456543
Personnel Entry
Name Barber Ernest
Army number 4456543
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Spring 1939. Posted to the 9th Battalion? Posted to the 12th Battalion 1/9/1939? Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940 and posted to the 1st TS. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Evacuated to the UK via Dunkirk. Posted to the 30th Battalion of the Black Watch by August 1942. Transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 20/12/42, under Authority:- ACI 626/39, (X/ A & S H 11/43), listed in A & S H Book 358/7/85. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 10/5/1946. Demobilised.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 50, Burn St. Gateshead. No family information as yet.
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Ernest featured in the War Office "missing" exercise of 1942.
