BARNES, John Pacey
| Service Number: | 124 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 31 August 1914, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 30 January 1899 |
| Home Town: | Brookfield, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Brookfield State School |
| Occupation: | Drover |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Rafa, Palestine, 9 January 1917, aged 17 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery E 65 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Pine Mountain Memorial, Shire of Moggill War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 124, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Private, 124, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Private, 124, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane | |
| 9 Jan 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 124, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 124 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-01-09 |
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John Pacey BARNES
Regimental number 124
Place of birth Ipswitch, Queensland
School Brookfield State School, Queensland
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Drover
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 25
Height 5' 9.75"
Weight 146 lbs
Next of kin Father, Jack Barnes, Wilton Post Office, via Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military service School Cadets
Enlistment date 31 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 31 August 1914
Place of enlistment Brisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 2nd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/7/1
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A15 Star of England on 24 September 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll 2nd Light Horse Regiment
Fate Killed in Action 9 January 1917
Place of death or wounding Palestine
Place of burial Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row E, Grave No. 65), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 3
Family/military connections Cousins: Samuel Cook, 5th Light Horse, killed in action, Gallipoli; Frank GEARY, killed in action, France; William PACEY, returned to Australia, died in Qld of wounds sustained at the Gallipoli landing.
Other details War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine
Proceeded to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 9 May 1915; admitted to Casualty Station, Monash Gully, Gallipoli, 19 May 1915 (influenza); to hospital ship, 19 May 1916 (rheumatism); returned to duty, 24 June 1915; wounded in action, 21 August 1915 (shrapnel wound, shoulder and neck); admitted to No 1 Stationary Hospital, Lemnos, 27 August 1915; transferred to Convalescent Depot, Lemnos, 5 September 1915; to No 1 Stationary Hospital, 12 September 1915 (erysipelas); returned to duty, 26 September 1915; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 26 December 1915.
Appointed temporary Corporal, 13 January 1916.
Admitted to 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, Wardan, Egypt, 18 January 1916 (mumps); returned to duty, 9 February 1916.
To Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 31 March 1916; appointed Corporal, 5 April 1916; returned to unit, 23 April 1916.
Appointed temporary Sergeant, 11 May 1916.
Reverted to Corporal, 24 July 1916.
Appointed temporary Sergeant, 10 August 1916; appointed Sergeant, 10 August 1916.
Killed in action, Rafa, Palestine, 9 January 1917.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Sources NAA: B2455, BARNES John Pacey
commemorated on Kenmore War Memorial
Submitted 7 May 2015 by margaret yeates
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John (Jack) BARNES and Mary Ann nee PACEY, Wilton Post Office, via Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Qld.
BARNES.—In loving Memory of our dearly beloved Son and Brother, Sergeant John Pacey Barnes, who fell mortally wounded white leading his men in the charge at Rafa, Palestine, on January 9, 1917.
He knew the danger In his path,
And still for honor fought.
For honor he laid down his life —
A noble thing to do.
He died for King and Country.
A soldier brave and true.
R.I.P.
(Inserted by his sorrowing Father and Mother, Sisters, and Brothers).
The community will be surprised to hear of the Customs Department's latest method of showing Australia's grief for and gratitude to her dead sons. A very well-known and highly- respected citizen, Mr. J. Barnes, had two sons at the front, Messrs. J. P. and E. P. Barnes. Both have done excellently, and one, Sergeant J. P. Barnes, of the Light Horse, had distinguished himself. At the big fight on the Sinai Peninsula, on January 9, when the Light Horse made short work of the German and Turkish cavalry, Sergeant Barnes was killed, and his brother was wounded. Major W. E. Markwell, the commanding officer of the dead soldier's squadron, sent Sergeant Barnes's sword and bridle to Brisbane, addressed to his mother. Incredible as it may appear, the Customs Department refused to give up the gallant soldier's sword to his sorrowing parents until the paltry sum of 2s 11d "duty" had been paid upon it! Paltry as the amount is, it is nothing to the pettiness of the department. Perhaps the official in question was only acting undcr instructions; but who is responsible for the hard and fast rule which permits of such a state of affairs?
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