Kenneth George (Ken) BARNES

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BARNES, Kenneth George

Service Number:	VX44182
Enlisted:	15 July 1940, Scoresby, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Field Company / Squadron RAE
Born:	Warwick, Queensland, Australia, 12 July 1907
Home Town:	Scoresby, Knox, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrical Mechanic
Died:	Illness, Borneo, 1 May 1945, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bendigo Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sapper, VX44182
15 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, VX44182, 2nd/10th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Scoresby, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Son of Franklin George and Ida May Barnes; husband of Mary Elizabeth Barnes, of Geelong, Victoria. Later addresses Hawthorn and St Kilda Victoria

THE SAD NEWS that their elder son VX44182 Pte Kenneth George Barnes (2/10th Field Cos., R.A.E.), died while a prisoner on Borneo on May 1st has been received by Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Barnes, of Scoresby. News of Ken’s death was a blow, not only to them and their family but to the whole district, for he was a very popular lad

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