Keith BARNES

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Service Number:	2820
Enlisted:	7 November 1916, Royal Agricultural Show Ground, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Driver & Orchardist
Died:	Died of Illness - Tuberculosis, No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, Middlesex, England, 14 June 1917
Cemetery:	Harefield (St. Mary) Churchyard, Middlesex, United Kingdom Australian Section. Grave 23.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

7 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 2820, Depot Battalion (AIF), Royal Agricultural Show Ground, New South Wales
25 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2820, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
25 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2820, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney

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33 Battalion

Rank - Private

25 November 1916 Disembarked Devonport, England.

22 February 1917 Admitted to Fovant Military Hospital from Australian Details Camp, Sutton, Manderville, (bronchitis: severe).

Died of disease (tuberculosis), 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield

Medal: British War Medal

Son of John William and Louisa Maud Barnes. Brother of Cecil John Barnes, Railway Parade Hotel, Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales