Barnabas Leslie PEMBER

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PEMBER, Barnabas Leslie

Service Numbers:	6811, W27592, W72579
Enlisted:	18 June 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Victoria Park, Western Australia, 9 November 1898
Home Town:	Toodyay, Toodyay, Western Australia
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Miner & Labourer
Died:	Mining Accident, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 19 September 1945, aged 46 years
Cemetery:	Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia Anglican Section
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World War 1 Service

18 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6811, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6811, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6811, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''

World War 2 Service

12 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W27592
12 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), W27592, 10 Garrison Battalion (WA)
30 Aug 1941:	Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), W27592, 10 Garrison Battalion (WA)
22 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), W72579, 8th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
22 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W72579

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Barnabas Leslie PEMBER was born in Victoria Park, Western Australia on 9th November, 1898

His parents were William Charles PEMBER and Sarah Ann RICHARDS

He married Eileen Johannah WHITE in WA in 1924 - 3 known children, Iris, Valda & Rita

Barnabas died in Kalgoorlie District Hospital, Western Australia on 19th September, 1945 after an accident when he was caught on a shafting rotary filler at the Great Boulder Mine - he is buried in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery

He served in both WW1 and WW2 (see Service Details)

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