Wilbur Edward Clarke BARNES

BARNES, Wilbur Edward Clarke

Service Number: NX50626
Enlisted: 4 November 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/12th Field Ambulance
Born: Blumfontein, South Africa, 3 June 1909
Home Town: Ulladulla, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action (Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur), At sea (off Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 14 May 1943, aged 33 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Lost at Sea. Sydney Memorial, Panel 2.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gold Coast - AHS Centaur Memorial, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Centaur Wing, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX50626, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
4 Nov 1941: Enlisted Paddington, NSW
4 Nov 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX50626, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance
3 Feb 1942: Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, 2nd/11th Armoured Car Regiment
31 Mar 1943: Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance
11 May 1943: Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX50626, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance, per 2/3rd Australian Hospital Ship, "Centaur"
14 May 1943: Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX50626, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance

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Biography

Son of William Moore Barnes and Norah Clarke Barnes; husband of Eve Jeune Barnes, of Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales.

2/12 Field Ambulance

Died when Hospital Ship Centaur was sunk by enemy action off the Queensland coast