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BARNES, Wilbur Edward Clarke
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX50626 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 November 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/12th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Blumfontein, South Africa, 3 June 1909 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, At sea (off Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 14 May 1943, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gold Coast - AHS Centaur Memorial, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Centaur Wing, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX50626, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns | |
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| 4 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Paddington, NSW | |
| 4 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX50626, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance |
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Son of William Moore Barnes and Norah Clarke Barnes; husband of Eve Jeune Barnes, of Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales.
2/12 Field Ambulance
Died when Hospital Ship Centaur was sunk by enemy action off the Queensland coast