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BARNES, William Stephen
Personal Details
| Service Number: | N42976 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 February 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, 23 December 1918 |
| Home Town: | Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 17 October 1942, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Burial reference: - Plot B7. Row C. Grave 24. Personal Inscription: - "LOVED, HONOURED AND SADLY MISSED". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, N42976 | |
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| 15 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, N42976, 3 Infantry Battalion AMF |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - William Joseph Barnes and Florence Ethel Penton married 21st June 1915 in Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia.