Place of birth | Kew, Melbourne, Victoria |
School | Kew State School, University High School, Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Unitarian |
Occupation | Surveyor |
Address | 167 High Street, Kew, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 8.75" |
Weight | 138 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Francis George Allman Barnard, 167 High Street, Kew, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 4 months in the 53rd Infantry, Citizen Military Forces, Kooyong; still serving at time of AIF enlistment. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 1st Pioneer Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/13/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A46 Clan MacGillivray on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23.11 |
Place of burial | Reningheist New Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 3), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 112 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Francis G.A. and Mary R. BARNARD, 167 High Street, Kew, Victoria, Australia |
Family/military connections | Sister: Staff Nurse Muriel Elizabeth BARNARD, Australian Army Nursing Service, returned to Australia, 9 May 1918; re-embarked, 2 November 1918, ship recalled owing to cessation of hostilities. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarjed Sydney, 3 May 1916; disembarked Egypt, 13 June 1916. Embarked Alexandria for England, 29 July 1916; taken on strength, Pioneer Training Bn, 11 August 1916. Promoted Lieutenant, 1 January 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 26 April 1917; joined 1st Pioneer Bn, in the field, 1 May 1917. Killed in action, 11 August 1917 (shell wounds, arm, chest and head), Zillebeke Lake, nr Ypres, Belgium. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BARNARD Norman Francis Watts |