Victor (Vic) BARNS

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Service Number:	NX58187
Enlisted:	18 July 1940, Paddington, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Whitechapel, London, England, 31 October 1919
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Foundary Labourer
Died:	Illness (Cholera) while a POW of the Japanese, Thailand, 2 June 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Plot A6, Row C, Grave 4,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lance Sergeant, NX58187
18 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Paddington, NSW
18 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, NX58187, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Paddington, NSW

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Son of Jennie Barns, of Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia.

HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED

Victor Barns was born in Whitechapel,London to Victor Morris Getz and Jennie/Janey Bloch. Gates sometimes used instead of Getz.

Jennie/Janey married William Thomas Barns in 1922.

Survived by his mother, step-father, brother Ross Gates and half brothers Edwin and William Barns.