William Patrick BARNES

BARNES, William Patrick

Service Number: 2781
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 39th Infantry Battalion
Born: Not yet discovered
Home Town: Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

29 Dec 1916: Involvement Private, 2781, 39th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1916: Embarked Private, 2781, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle

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This is my 2nd great uncle. I wound his name on a Memorial in Toxteth Park Cemetry. Section 10 Grave 139 his mother Julia is also commemorated.

It reads.

In Loving Memory of
OUR MOTHER
JULIA BARNES, dies 17th Sept. 1910.
ALSO HER SON IN-LAW
FRANCIS J WILSON, DIED 8th OCT 1012
ALSO OUR BROTHER PVT WILLIAN P BARNES
KILLED AT YPRES
Birth 15 APR 1873 • No 2 South City, Dub, Ireland
Death 4 OCTOBER 1917 • YPRES 4TH OCT 1917.

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