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Hiram Walter BARNES

Regimental number4057
Place of birthBourke New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressTower Hall Lily Street, Enfield, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMrs L C Barnes, Tower Hall Lilly Street, Enfield, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date26 October 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 March 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll4O57
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 8/11/15. Taken on strength, 17th Bn, 24/8/16. Promoted Lance Corporal, 30/1/17. Wounded, 2/3/17.
FateDied of wounds 8 March 1917
Date of death6 March 1917
Age at death26
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. 1), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
82
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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