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Clarence Walter BARNES

Regimental number435
Date of birth3 December 1895
Place of birthThebarton, South Australia
SchoolThebarton, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressKintore Street, Mile End, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs I Barnes, Kintore Street, Mile End, South Australia
Enlistment date5 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Ambulance
FateReturned to Australia 11 May 1919
Discharge date18 August 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 112 Benjamin Stewart BARNES [name not found on Nominal Roll]; 13 Sergeant Clifford Herbert BARNES, 54th Bn, returned to Australia, 30 October 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Wounded in action, Bapaume, 25 February 1917; admitted to hospital, England; recovered and returned to duty, 20 September 1917.

Disembarked Australia, 26 June 1919; discharged, 18 August 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death24 March 1980
Place of burialCentennial Park Cemetery

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