John BARNES

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Service Number:	2872
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Fryer's Town near Castlemaine, Victoria, 1882
Home Town:	Chewton, Mount Alexander, Victoria
Schooling:	Spring Gully School
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 September 1916
Cemetery:	Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt Plot VIII, Row H, Grave 8, Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

23 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2872, 11th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2872, 11th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A20' Hororata from Fremantle
29 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
3 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2872, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2872 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03

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Son of Mr John and Mrs Margaret (nee Dial) Barnes.

Brother of

4269 Sapper Thomas Barnes - 3rd Tunnelling Company killed in action France 31st July 1918 (1884);
40481 Private Harry Leslie Barnes - 3rd A.I.R. (New Zealand Forces) returned (1886);
53894 Private Edwin Barnes - 28th Battalion (New Zealand Forces) returned (1890);
565 Private George Barnes - 7th Battalion killed in action Shrapnel Alley, Gallipoli 26th May 1915 (1891) and
1201 Private Herbert Barnes - 5th Battalion killed in action Gallipoli 14th August 1915 (1893).

Step Brother of

1001 Sergeant Joseph Fullwood (MM) - 3rd Tunnelling Company returned (1871) and
3059 Private Peter Fullwood - 28th Battalion died prior embarkation in WA 26th December 1915 (1873)