Albert Edward (Darby) BARNES

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BARNES, Albert Edward

Service Number:	1502
Enlisted:	5 March 1915, Adelaide South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Alberton, South Australia, 4 May 1882
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Alberton Public School
Occupation:	Butcher / Labourer
Died:	Alberton, South Australia, 21 September 1956, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	Queenstown Alberton Public School Great War Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

5 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide South Australia
31 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1502, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1502, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

MILITARY DETAILS

PTE. ALBERT EDWARD (DARBY) BARNES 27^th BATTALION

AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES. W.W.1 GALLIPOLI PENINSULAR

No. 1502 Name BARNES, Albert Edward (Darby) Rank: Private Age: 33 10/12years

Unit: “B” Coy. Inf. Base Depot. Trade: Butcher/Labourer

Enlisted: 05 .03 .1915 N o K: Mother, Mrs Rebecca Barnes

At the time of enlistment, lived in King Street, ALBERTON S.A. R.S.L NO. 9369

1915

March 05 Joined – “B” Company Infantry. Base Depot, Keswick. S.A.

April 16 Transferred to 1^st Reinforcements, 7^th Infantry Brigade, 27th Infantry Battalion.

May 31 Embarked at Outer Harbor, SA on Troop ship HMAT A2,” GEELONG” for Egypt.

Sept. 29 Because of the already bad sanitary conditions many men contracted disease, Darby was admitted to No.1 Aust. Gen. Hosp. Heliopolis, Egypt, with ‘Varicocele’. Discharged Sept. 31.

Oct. 25 Company - Taken on Strength, to the Gallipoli Peninsular.

Nov. 6 Darby, wounded in action and transferred to 7^th Field Ambulance, with gunshot wound to right thigh, then to the 16^th Casualty Station.

Nov. 7 Transferred to Hospital Ship “ Nevasa” for Egypt.

Nov. 9 Admitted 19^th General Hospital. Alexandria, Egypt, with Gun Shot Wound, Rt thigh.

Nov. 20 2nd Diagnosis –“ Enteric” ( Typhoid Fever) again because of troops previously living in very bad sanitary conditions in the trenches at Gallipoli.

Dec. 04 Transferred to No.3 Aux. Com. Heliopolis –Typhoid Fever

Dec. 11 Transferred to a Convalescent hospital with complications of Typhoid Fever and wounds at Port Said, Egypt. Where troops spent Christmas 1915.

1916

Jan 3 Returned to Australia via Suez, on Hospital Troop ship” Ulyesses”, Typhoid Fever and wounded. Admitted to Keswick Barracks Hospital S.A.

May 20 Honourably Discharged, 4^th M.D, 27^th BATTALION at Keswick S.A.

Page 1 “Shell wound right thigh received whilst in action.”

Page 2 “Shrapnel wound on right thigh.”

‘British Empire Certificate’ Pte. Albert Edward Barnes. 27^th Battalion A.I.F.

“Served with honour and was disabled in the Great war.

“Honourably discharged on 20^th May 1916.” Signed George R.I.

STATEMENT OF SERVICE (SoS)

16/04/15 Transferred 1^st Reinforcements, 7^th Infantry Brigade, 27th Infantry Battalion.

NOMINAL ROLL

31/05/15 Embarked at Adelaide SA, on HMAT A2, GEELONG.

25/10/15 (SoS) Taken on Strength

CASUALTY FORM – ACTIVE SERVICE

25/10/15 Taken on Strength, Gallipoli Peninsular

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