Lieutenant; Killed; Burried at Ramagne or Feleville, France.
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Altoona Times Altoona, Pa. Friday Morning, 1 Nov 1918
LIEUT BAKER GIVES LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
A cablegram was received in Johnstown last night confirming the report received on Wednesday night that Lieutenant Fred D. Barker, son of Judge A. V. Barker of Ebensburg, had been killed in France.
The telegram, dated Paris, Oct. 27, states that Lieutenant Fred Barker, of Bradentown, Florida, a member of the American Red Cross headquarters station, had been killed by a bursting shell while helping to bring a soldier in from the firing line.
The message states further that Lieutenant Barker and had narrowly escaped death two weeks previously when a shell struck the automobile in which he was riding with Captain Harris of the Red Cross, killing the driver and Captain Harris and demolishing the automobile. Lieutenant Barker gave up his practice as a lawyer to enter Red Cross work and had been in France for four months. Some delay was occasioned in getting the word to Johnstown, owing to the fact that he had entered the service from the winter home of the Barkers in Florida Lieutenant Barker was the only son of Judge A. V. Barker, former judge of the Cambria county courts, and resided in Ebensburg. He was aged 40 years and is survived by his wife and three children, Barbara and Billy with their mother in Ebensburg; Vinton, a cadet in the Annapolis Naval academy.
Lieutenant Barker was one of Cambria county's foremost young men and enjoyed a wide practice in his chosen profession. He was held in high esteem in Cambria county, where he was known to practically everybody, all of whom will learn with much regret of his untimely death. His bereaved wife and children have the sympathy of the entire community.
Contributor: Doug Johnson - [email protected]
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Altoona Times Altoona, Pa. Friday Morning, 1 Nov 1918
LIEUT BAKER GIVES LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
A cablegram was received in Johnstown last night confirming the report received on Wednesday night that Lieutenant Fred D. Barker, son of Judge A. V. Barker of Ebensburg, had been killed in France.
The telegram, dated Paris, Oct. 27, states that Lieutenant Fred Barker, of Bradentown, Florida, a member of the American Red Cross headquarters station, had been killed by a bursting shell while helping to bring a soldier in from the firing line.
The message states further that Lieutenant Barker and had narrowly escaped death two weeks previously when a shell struck the automobile in which he was riding with Captain Harris of the Red Cross, killing the driver and Captain Harris and demolishing the automobile. Lieutenant Barker gave up his practice as a lawyer to enter Red Cross work and had been in France for four months. Some delay was occasioned in getting the word to Johnstown, owing to the fact that he had entered the service from the winter home of the Barkers in Florida Lieutenant Barker was the only son of Judge A. V. Barker, former judge of the Cambria county courts, and resided in Ebensburg. He was aged 40 years and is survived by his wife and three children, Barbara and Billy with their mother in Ebensburg; Vinton, a cadet in the Annapolis Naval academy.
Lieutenant Barker was one of Cambria county's foremost young men and enjoyed a wide practice in his chosen profession. He was held in high esteem in Cambria county, where he was known to practically everybody, all of whom will learn with much regret of his untimely death. His bereaved wife and children have the sympathy of the entire community.
Contributor: Doug Johnson - [email protected]
Lieutenant; Killed; Burried at Ramagne or Feleville, France.
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Altoona Times Altoona, Pa. Friday Morning, 1 Nov 1918
LIEUT BAKER GIVES LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
A cablegram was received in Johnstown last night confirming the report received on Wednesday night that Lieutenant Fred D. Barker, son of Judge A. V. Barker of Ebensburg, had been killed in France.
The telegram, dated Paris, Oct. 27, states that Lieutenant Fred Barker, of Bradentown, Florida, a member of the American Red Cross headquarters station, had been killed by a bursting shell while helping to bring a soldier in from the firing line.
The message states further that Lieutenant Barker and had narrowly escaped death two weeks previously when a shell struck the automobile in which he was riding with Captain Harris of the Red Cross, killing the driver and Captain Harris and demolishing the automobile. Lieutenant Barker gave up his practice as a lawyer to enter Red Cross work and had been in France for four months. Some delay was occasioned in getting the word to Johnstown, owing to the fact that he had entered the service from the winter home of the Barkers in Florida Lieutenant Barker was the only son of Judge A. V. Barker, former judge of the Cambria county courts, and resided in Ebensburg. He was aged 40 years and is survived by his wife and three children, Barbara and Billy with their mother in Ebensburg; Vinton, a cadet in the Annapolis Naval academy.
Lieutenant Barker was one of Cambria county's foremost young men and enjoyed a wide practice in his chosen profession. He was held in high esteem in Cambria county, where he was known to practically everybody, all of whom will learn with much regret of his untimely death. His bereaved wife and children have the sympathy of the entire community.
Contributor: Doug Johnson - [email protected]
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Altoona Times Altoona, Pa. Friday Morning, 1 Nov 1918
LIEUT BAKER GIVES LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
A cablegram was received in Johnstown last night confirming the report received on Wednesday night that Lieutenant Fred D. Barker, son of Judge A. V. Barker of Ebensburg, had been killed in France.
The telegram, dated Paris, Oct. 27, states that Lieutenant Fred Barker, of Bradentown, Florida, a member of the American Red Cross headquarters station, had been killed by a bursting shell while helping to bring a soldier in from the firing line.
The message states further that Lieutenant Barker and had narrowly escaped death two weeks previously when a shell struck the automobile in which he was riding with Captain Harris of the Red Cross, killing the driver and Captain Harris and demolishing the automobile. Lieutenant Barker gave up his practice as a lawyer to enter Red Cross work and had been in France for four months. Some delay was occasioned in getting the word to Johnstown, owing to the fact that he had entered the service from the winter home of the Barkers in Florida Lieutenant Barker was the only son of Judge A. V. Barker, former judge of the Cambria county courts, and resided in Ebensburg. He was aged 40 years and is survived by his wife and three children, Barbara and Billy with their mother in Ebensburg; Vinton, a cadet in the Annapolis Naval academy.
Lieutenant Barker was one of Cambria county's foremost young men and enjoyed a wide practice in his chosen profession. He was held in high esteem in Cambria county, where he was known to practically everybody, all of whom will learn with much regret of his untimely death. His bereaved wife and children have the sympathy of the entire community.
Contributor: Doug Johnson - [email protected]
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