Thomas Joseph BARNES

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Service Number:	VX6078
Enlisted:	3 November 1939
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Z Special Unit
Born:	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 6 April 1916
Home Town:	Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer (Wool Classer)
Died:	Presumed, Muschu Island, Wewak, New Guinea, 13 April 1945, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC) Grave Reference Location Plot M. Row C. Joint Grave 3-4. Personal Inscription ~ "DIED SERVING HIS COUNTRY RIP".
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berrigan Hospital War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, VX6078, Z Special Unit
3 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX6078, Z Special Unit

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