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Francis Charles BARLOW

Regimental number2946
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolCoburg State School, Victoria
ReligionCS
OccupationPainter
AddressCoburg, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, G C Barlow, 19 Sydney Road, Coburg, Victoria
Enlistment date3 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini on 15 September 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2938
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularBombardier E Kinstanley, RFA, who found the dead Barlow, wrote: "he died like a Britisher with his face to the foe." (Information from father)
FateKilled in Action 23 August 1918
Place of death or woundingHarbonnieres, France
Date of death23 August 1918
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialHeath Cemetery, Harbonnieres (Plot V, Row E, Grave No. 11), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
52
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of George Charles Barlow. Born at Caulfield, Victoria, Australia

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