BARNES, Cecil William John
| Service Numbers: | V30986, V30986, VX137716 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 December 1913 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Florist and Market Gardener |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 June 1969, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V30986, 10th Field Ambulance | |
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| 18 Dec 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V30986, 10th Field Ambulance, embarked Townsville for Fall River on board SS Tarooma | |
| 28 Feb 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V30986, 10th Field Ambulance | |
| 1 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX137716 | |
| 30 May 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX137716, 10th Field Ambulance, embarked Finschafen for Brisbane on board Klipfontein | |
| 21 May 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX137716, 10th Field Ambulance, embarked Townsville for Morotai on board Swartenhondt | |
| 20 Jul 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX137716, 10th Field Ambulance, embarked Morotai for service in Balikapan on board LST 935 | |
| 22 Sep 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX137716, 10th Field Ambulance, embarked Balikapan for Morotai on board JJ Corbett | |
| 1 Oct 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX137716, 10th Field Ambulance, embarked Morotai on board Westralia for service with Amforce | |
| 22 Nov 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX137716, 10th Field Ambulance, emplaned Morotai for Ambon | |
| 14 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX137716 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Cecil William John Barnes (Service Nos:V30896/VX137716) served with 10th Field Ambulance - graded Driver. Private Barnes initially enlisted in the ACMF on 18 December 1941 and was 'in the field' in PNG on 28 February 1943 when he Discharged to enlist in the AIF the following day. Private Barnes served in New Guinea (18 December 1942 - 30 May 1944) and Borneo (Morotai, Balikapan and Ambon; 21 May 1945 - 3 December 1945), and was attached to 10th Field Ambulance at Discharge on 14 December 1945.
Cecil was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1913, eighth of ten children of Herbert John Barnes (b1876 in Geelong, Victoria) and Jane Evelyn Dickinson (b1876 in Myrtleford, Victoria). Herbert (a Carpenter) and Jane married in 1899 in Mortlake, and in the early 1900s settled in Melbourne where they raised their family and Herbert was a Carpenter until his death in 1940.
Cecil was a Florist and Market Gardener in Melbourne when he enlisted in the Army in 1941. Following his Discharge, Cecil returned to Melbourne where he worked as a Florist until his death in 1969.
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