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BARNES, Henry William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2790 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Avoca, Victoria, Australia, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Percydale State School, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Mill hand |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 14 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2790, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2790, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2790, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 2790, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2790 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The son of Anthony and Annie Barnes; and husband of Frances Catherine Barnes, of Subiaco, Western Australia. He died at Pozieres just short of 40th birthday.
His younger brother, 3118 Pte. George Herbert Barnes, also of the 51st Battalion was killed in action a year later on 26 August 1917, aged 32.
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