BARNES, Neil
| Service Number: | SX10372 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 November 1940, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22 Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshop AAOC |
| Born: | Marra, New South Wales, Australia, 24 October 1912 |
| Home Town: | Woodville, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Assurance Clerk |
| Died: | Dysentery whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Burma (Myanmar), 18 October 1943, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Plot A4, Row A, Grave 3. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Streaky Bay and District Roll of Honour WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Nov 1940: | Involvement Private, SX10372 | |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 26 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX10372, 22 Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshop AAOC, Adelaide, SA | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Died of illness. | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
Leaves a daughter aged 3 years
Mrs. E. A. Barnes, Yarinda street Woodville, has been advised that her husband. Pte. Neil (Dick) Barnes, died of illness in a Japanese prison camp on October 18 1943. Pte. Barnes was the son of Mrs. L. M. Barnes, formerly of Wirrulla. West Coast, and has two younger brothers in the AIF. He has left a daughter aged 3.
The Advertiser Saturday 04 March 1944 page 6
Submitted 18 October 2015 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas Andrew and Louisa May Barnes nee Thomas; husband of Esta Annie Leah Barnes nee Lamb, of Woodville, South Australia.
HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED
Married 1939 to Esther Annie Leah Lamb.
Employed by CML Insurance.
Survived by his wife, daughter, parents, sisters Mrs Dulcie Drummond and Nora Robinson, brothers Frederick, Kenneth, Ronald, Linley and Keith.
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