Neil BARNES

BARNES, Neil

Service Number: SX10372
Enlisted: 26 November 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
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)
Burial reference: - Plot A4, Row A, Grave 3. Personal Inscription: - "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED".
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
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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
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

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