Arthur BARNES

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Service Number:	404541
Enlisted:	14 August 1940, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 February 1921
Home Town:	Moorooka, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Burma, 17 May 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore Memorial Panel 430 Roll of Honour Brisbane Queensland
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singapore Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 404541
14 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Brisbane, Queensland
14 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 404541

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Rank Warrant Officer

Son of Horsfall and Josephine Bridget Barnes, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Based in India, 215 Squadron. Plane was Wellington BB 456, lost Burma. Flew 280 hours in Wellingtons

Schhol Subjects: Passed English, Arithmetic, Geography. Failed: History

December 1934 - Passed State Scholorship Exam

Sports played: Golf, Tennis