Joseph George BARNES

BARNES, Joseph George

Service Number: 1104
Enlisted: 11 September 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1886
Home Town: New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Leichhardt Street State Schoo, Brisbane, Queensland
Occupation: Waterside Worker
Died: Killed in Action, Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave Panel 31, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

11 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1104, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 1104, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1104, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Louisa Barnes of Brisbane.

Brother of Louis Walter Barnes who was killed in action on 3 August 1916 while serving with the 25th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial,  Charles William Barnes of Elliott Street, Eagle Junction, Brisbane, QLD and Thomas Barnes of Dunwich, QLD.

Next of kin given as his sister-in-law Janet Daisy Barnes of 40 Thornbury Street, Spring Hill, QLD

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served as a Bugler in the Citizen Military Force's Moreton Regiment

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