Regimental number | 324 |
Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria |
Other Names | Basil Bernard |
School | 'Clarisville' Private School, Geelong, Victoria |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Mechanic |
Address | 15 Mana Street, Geelong, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, C G Barnes, 151 Mana Street, Geelong, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served as a Sergeant, 70th Infantry Regiment,Citizen Military Forces, Victoria. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 21st Battalion, B Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/38/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Company Sergeant Major |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 21st Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted 24 January 1915. Embarked with the original 21st Battalion; was on troopship "Southland" when she was torpedoed. Left Gallipoli 12 December 1915 with pneumonia. Rejoined his unit, went to France. Wounded Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, 26 August 1916. Recovered, rejoined his unit, May 1917. KIA, 4 October 1917. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Broodseinde Ridge, Passchendaele, Belgium |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 22 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Buttes New British War Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke (Plot XXVIII, Row A, Grave No. 14), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 93 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles Gilbert and the late Mary Agnes BARNES, 151 Maud Street, Geelong, Victoria |