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BARNES, Barney
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| Service Number: | 472 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 February 1915, Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Auckland, New Zealand, 1869 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Auckland High School |
| Occupation: | Cook |
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Biography contributed by Richard Creagh
"BARNES, Barney. Private. No. 472, 31st Battalion. Born at Auckland, New Zealand, in 1869, and educated at Auckland High School. Son of the late Charles and the late Mary A. Barnes. Enlisted at Brisbane on 14th February, 1915, and sailed for Egypt. Went into Heliopolis and saw service on the canal from December till June, 1916. Left for France, landing at Marseilles on 6th June, and went into the firing line at Fleur Bay. Wounded and invalided to England. Sailed for Australia, arriving in July, 1917, and was discharged as medically unfit in August, 1917. Biographical information (from 'Queenslanders who fought in the Great War')" - SOURCE (onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au)
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