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AIR CASUALTY

KILLED ON SERVICE

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

GISBORNE, This Day

Advice has been receivedthat FJight Lieutenant Desmond H. E. Barker, D.F.C., R.A.F., has been killed in air operations. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs." Richard Barker, of Gisborne, and joined the R.A.F. at the outbreak of war. He was attached to a bomber squadron and had made many flights over enemy territory.He was awarded the D.F.C. shortly before -Christmas. His only brother is training in the R.N.Z.A.F.

Prior to the outbreak-'of war Flight Lieutenant. Barker was studying Law at Cambridge University.

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Bibliographic details

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 38, 14 February 1941, Page 9

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AIR CASUALTY Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 38, 14 February 1941, Page 9

AIR CASUALTY Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 38, 14 February 1941, Page 9