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Joe BARNICLE

Regimental number5985
Place of birthTownsville Queensland
SchoolCatholic School, Townsville, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
Address6th Street, South Townsville, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, J Barnicle, 6th Street, Townsville, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date6 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll6 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 February 1917
Place of death or woundingGuedecourt, near Bapaume, France
Date of death4 February 1917
Age at death26.6
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialBancourt British Cemetery (Plot XI, Row B, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
68
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph Batholomew and Annie BARNICLE, Sixth Street, Townsville, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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