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James Orpe J O Barker, Serjeant served with Royal Engineers, 25 Bomb Disposal Coy..
Service number: '1991926'. Date of death: 1944-09-01. Age: 28. Country: France.
Buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, grave reference XXVIII. H. 20..
SON OF WILLIAM AND HELEN ANN BARKER, OF TETTENHALL, STAFFORDSHIRE.
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