Eric Gordon BARNARD

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BARNARD, Eric Gordon

Service Number:	6467
Enlisted:	29 March 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, 7 November 1892
Home Town:	Sorell, Sorell, Tasmania
Schooling:	Sorrell State School
Occupation:	Locomotive Fireman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 6 April 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sorell War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

29 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6467, Claremont, Tasmania
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6467, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6467, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
6 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6467, 12th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

The three enlisted children of Arthur George Barnard and Alice Phoebe (née Bailey) Barnard of Sorell, Tasmania:-

190, 3626 Pte. William Henry Barnard (/explore/people/329340) - killed in action;

23 WO1 Arthur Victor Barnard (/explore/people/183869) - died of wounds;

6467 Pte. Eric Gordon Barnard - killed in action.

Private Eric Gordon Barnard is reported to of been killed in action between the dates of 6-10 April 1917.

'IN MEMORIAM.

Died on Active Service

BARNARD.- In loving memory of our dear son and brother. Corporal Eric Gordon Barnard, killed in action In France between April 6 and 10, 1917, age 24.

He gave his for for his country
For honour, faith, and right,
With us his memory ever lives -
He fought a noble fight.
'Midst the roaring of the battle,
And the rain of shot and shell,
Fighting for home and country,
He like a hero fell.'

Inserted by his loving parents, sisters, and brothers.' from The Mercury 18 Apr 1918 (nla.gov.au)

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