Frank Eugene BARNES MM, MID

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Service Number:	2556
Enlisted:	31 May 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Nanango, Queensland, Australia, 14 June 1893
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed In Action, Bullecourt, France, 11 April 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

31 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2556, 15th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland
16 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2556, 15th Infantry Battalion, S.S. Kyarra, Adelaide
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2556, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
5 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 15th Infantry Battalion
26 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2556, 15th Infantry Battalion
9 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First)

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Frank Eugene BARNES was born on 14th June, 1893 in Nanango, Queensland

His parents were John Edward BARNES 7 Mary Jane O'BRIEN