BARNICLE, Joe
| Service Number: | 5985 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 26 August 1890 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in action, Gueudecourt, France, 4 February 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bancourt British Cemetery XI B 7 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Townsville Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5985, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5985, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Joe Barnicle was the son of Joseph Bartholomew Barnicle and Annie Barnicle, of Townsville, Queensland. He was one of ten children in the large Catholic family. He was working in NSW when he enlisted.
He was killed in action on the night of 4 February 1917, when the 13th Battalion captured Stormy Trench. The taking of the trench went into legend in the AIF as the night Captain Harry Murray won the Victoria Cross.
Joe enlisted in March 1916 and after periods of illness in England he only joined the 13th Battalion at the front a week before his death.
He was seen to be killed by shell shrapnel in or near the captured German Stormy Trench early in the attack.
A note in his file states his remains were buried by Graves Registration people on 6 March 1918. His grave, which had a cross over it, was relocated to the Bancourt British Cemetery in France during 1920.