The son of Andrew and Annie Barber, Gordon enlisted in the A.I.F. at Kelvin Grove, Brisbane on 27 July 1940.
Assigned to 2/26 Battalion he became a cook at Battalion Head Quarters.
After capitulation as part of "B" Force, he was sent to Sandakan, where he became Japanese P.O.W. No.456. He died at Sandakan No. 1 Camp from Malarial Meningitis after being placed in the punishment cage.
He is remembered on Labuan Memorial; at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and the Memorial POW Wall in Ballarat, Victoria.
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,,
We gave our today."
Assigned to 2/26 Battalion he became a cook at Battalion Head Quarters.
After capitulation as part of "B" Force, he was sent to Sandakan, where he became Japanese P.O.W. No.456. He died at Sandakan No. 1 Camp from Malarial Meningitis after being placed in the punishment cage.
He is remembered on Labuan Memorial; at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and the Memorial POW Wall in Ballarat, Victoria.
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,,
We gave our today."
The son of Andrew and Annie Barber, Gordon enlisted in the A.I.F. at Kelvin Grove, Brisbane on 27 July 1940.
Assigned to 2/26 Battalion he became a cook at Battalion Head Quarters.
After capitulation as part of "B" Force, he was sent to Sandakan, where he became Japanese P.O.W. No.456. He died at Sandakan No. 1 Camp from Malarial Meningitis after being placed in the punishment cage.
He is remembered on Labuan Memorial; at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and the Memorial POW Wall in Ballarat, Victoria.
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,,
We gave our today."
Assigned to 2/26 Battalion he became a cook at Battalion Head Quarters.
After capitulation as part of "B" Force, he was sent to Sandakan, where he became Japanese P.O.W. No.456. He died at Sandakan No. 1 Camp from Malarial Meningitis after being placed in the punishment cage.
He is remembered on Labuan Memorial; at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and the Memorial POW Wall in Ballarat, Victoria.
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,,
We gave our today."
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Australian Infantry
Gravesite Details
QX13101
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