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BARNET, Robert James MacGregor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2662 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Australian Corps Ammunition Park |
| Born: | Camberwarra, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wollongong District School, Sydney Grammar School, St. Andrew's College University of Sydney |
| Occupation: | Surveyor's Assistant |
| Died: | Shot in head whilst cleaning a rifle (accidental), No 10 Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium , 27 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot IX, Row D, Grave 3A |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 2662, 5th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2662, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 2662, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 2662, Mining Corps, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 2662, Mining Corps, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 17 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd/1st Australian Corps Ammunition Park |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Barnet.—Driver Robert James McGregor Barnet, who died of wounds in France August 27, 1916, dearly-loved elder son of the Rev. D. McKay Barnet and Jessie Barnet, The Manse, Wollongong. "Whosoever will lose his life for My sake shall find it."
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