Colin David BARNES

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Service Number:	NX37545
Enlisted:	30 June 1941, Paddington, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	Anti Tank Batteries / Companies
Born:	Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, 30 March 1922
Home Town:	Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales
Schooling:	Certificate for entry, secondary school, Intermediate Certificate
Occupation:	Storeman & Packer
Died:	Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 11 July 1945, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 16. Row D. Grave 15. Inscription: "IN HONOUR...ALWAYS REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Gunner, NX37545
30 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Paddington, NSW
30 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX37545
22 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Ambon, Died of illness whilst a prisoner of the Japanese Occupation Force. Nature of death recorded as beri beri.
11 Jul 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, Anti Tank Batteries / Companies, Ambon

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18 Anti-Tank Battery

Rank -Gunner

Medals: 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal

Son of Thomas Alexander and Edna Majorie Barnes, of Burwood, New South Wales, Australia

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