Regimental number | 124 |
Place of birth | Ipswitch, Queensland |
School | Brookfield State School, Queensland |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Drover |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Height | 5' 9.75" |
Weight | 146 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Jack Barnes, Wilton Post Office, via Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland |
Previous military service | School Cadets |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Brisbane, Queensland |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/7/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A15 Star of England on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Palestine |
Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row E, Grave No. 65), Egypt |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 3 |
Family/military connections | Cousins: 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 |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BARNES John Pacey |