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BARNES, Harrie Hasler
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2896 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | South Melbourne College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Warehouseman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Emerald Avenue of Honour Plaques, Fryerstown Residents of Fryerstown & District Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2896, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2896, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2896, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Harrie Barnes and his younger brother Charles S. Barnes both joined up in Melbourne during 1915 and left Australia with different units. Somehow, they managed to be both transferred to the 14th Battalion in early 1916. During the Battle of Pozieres it was said they were in the same platoon, and both were in the bay of trench traverse which was blown in by a heavy shell and they were killed instantly. Both of their parents had died in 1914 and their sister stated they were both associated with Albert Park in Melbourne.