Arthur Erskine BARNES

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Service Number:	N91742
Enlisted:	2 August 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 30 May 1920
Home Town:	Homebush, Strathfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Junior Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 27 December 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot A5. Row A. Grave 23. Personal Inscription: - "ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, N91742
2 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N91742
12 Jan 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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Parents: - William Sydney James Barnes and Florence Maude Weeks married 3rd May 1916 in Sydney, New South Wales.