Herbert BARNES

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Service Number:	1201
Enlisted:	18 September 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fryerstown, Victoria, Australia, 11 June 1893
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Chewton State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 14 August 1915, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 24), Gallipoli Peninsula
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

18 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1201, Melbourne, Victoria
24 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1201, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
24 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1201, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1201, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
14 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1201, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Killed in action between 14th and 16th August 1915
14 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1201, 5th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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Son of Mr John and Mrs Margaret (nee Dial) Barnes.

Brother of

2872 Private John Barnes - 51st Battalion killed in action France 3rd September 1916 (1882);
4269 Sapper Thomas Barnes - 3rd Tunnelling Company killed in action France 31st July 1918 (1884);
40481 Private Harry Leslie Barnes - 3rd A.I.R. (New Zealand Forces) returned (1886);
53894 Private Edwin Barnes - 28th Battalion (New Zealand Forces) returned (1890) and
565 Private George Barnes - 7th Battalion killed in action Shrapnel Alley, Gallipoli 26th May 1915 (1891).

Step Brother of

1001 Sergeant Joseph Fullwood (MM) - 3rd Tunnelling Company returned (1871) and
3059 Private Peter Fullwood - 28th Battalion died prior embarkation in WA 26th December 1915 (1873).