Alfred John (Shorty) BARNES

BARNES, Alfred John

Service Number: WX6970
Enlisted: 30 July 1940, Claremont, WA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Northam, WA, 5 June 1917
Home Town: Welshpool, Canning, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: 29 December 1973, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Roman Catholic-Ma-0099
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

30 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX6970, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Claremont, WA
6 Nov 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX6970, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Mrs. Dol Eanus BARNES, 1108 Albany Road, Victoria Park, WA