Charles John Barker (SN 4754) was a 23 year old labourer from Peel Street Ballarat at the time of his enlistment on July 8th 1915. He left Australia on the Wiltshire in early March 1916 and by the end of April had joined the 58th Battalion in France. On September 5th 1916 he was slightly wounded but was able to remain on duty, but illness saw him in and out of hospital through the first half of 1917. On September 27th 1917 he was again wounded in action, suffering a gunshot wound to his left hand. He recovered and rejoined his unit only to be wounded for a third time when he was gassed on April 25th, Anzac Day, 1918. He was evacuated to hospital in England and was unable to rejoin his unit until after the Armistice. He sailed from England on May 8th 1919, aboard the Devanha and disembarked in Australia on June 23rd. He died in 1955 at the age of 62.