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John Pacey BARNES

Regimental number124
Place of birthIpswitch, Queensland
SchoolBrookfield State School, Queensland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationDrover
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 9.75"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinFather, Jack Barnes, Wilton Post Office, via Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceSchool Cadets
Enlistment date31 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll31 August 1914
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/7/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A15 Star of England on 24 September 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Light Horse Regiment
FateKilled in Action 9 January 1917
Place of death or woundingPalestine
Place of burialKantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row E, Grave No. 65), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
3
Family/military connectionsCousins: Samuel Cook, 5th Light Horse, killed in action, Gallipoli; Frank GEARY, killed in action, France; William PACEY, returned to Australia, died in Qld of wounds sustained at the Gallipoli landing.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine

Proceeded to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 9 May 1915; admitted to Casualty Station, Monash Gully, Gallipoli, 19 May 1915 (influenza); to hospital ship, 19 May 1916 (rheumatism); returned to duty, 24 June 1915; wounded in action, 21 August 1915 (shrapnel wound, shoulder and neck); admitted to No 1 Stationary Hospital, Lemnos, 27 August 1915; transferred to Convalescent Depot, Lemnos, 5 September 1915; to No 1 Stationary Hospital, 12 September 1915 (erysipelas); returned to duty, 26 September 1915; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 26 December 1915.

Appointed temporary Corporal, 13 January 1916.

Admitted to 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, Wardan, Egypt, 18 January 1916 (mumps); returned to duty, 9 February 1916.

To Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 31 March 1916; appointed Corporal, 5 April 1916; returned to unit, 23 April 1916.

Appointed temporary Sergeant, 11 May 1916.

Reverted to Corporal, 24 July 1916.

Appointed temporary Sergeant, 10 August 1916; appointed Sergeant, 10 August 1916.

Killed in action, Rafa, Palestine, 9 January 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BARNES John Pacey

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