Regimental number | 1523 |
Place of birth | Maryborough, Queensland |
School | Maryborough Grammar School, Queensland |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Turner |
Address | Maryborough, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 6.5" |
Weight | 142 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs. E. Baynes, 'Florencia,' Eagle Farm Road, Hamilton, Brisbane, Queensland |
Previous military service | Served as a Lieutenant, Citizen Military Forces, Maryborough, Queensland. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Brisbane, Queensland |
Rank on enlistment | Signaller |
Unit name | 31st Battalion, 1st Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/48/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A41 Bakara on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 31st Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Fromelles, France |
Age at death | 19.6 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row L. Grave No. 41), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 118 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Joseph Henry and Emmeline Matilda BAYNES, Lennox Street, Maryborough, Queensland |
Family/military connections | Cousin: Captain (Temporary Major) Hugh Lambert MARSLAND MC, 11th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 15 November 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Disembarked Suez, 7 December 1915. Appointed Lance Corporal, Duntroon Plateau, 27 March 1916. Reverted to Private, Ferry Post, 9 May 1916. Appointed Lance Corporal to complete establishment, 14 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. Killed in action, 19 July 1916. Statement, Red Cross File No 240403, 43 Corporal R. CAREW, 31st Bn (patient, 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, England), 25 August(?) 1916: 'On 19th July, 1916, at Fleurbaix, L/Cpl. Barnes (sic; = BAYNES) was blown up and killed instantaneously during the attack from Fleurbaix. The attack was made on the evening of the 19th. We drove the Germans about a mile out of their first trench. Then we got into the fire of our own artillery and had to fall back on the first German trench. We held it until 4 a.m. on the 20th, when Germans launched a big counter-attack and we had to evacuate owing to lack of ammunition and reinforcements. On the evening of the 20th fresh troops came up and retook all we had lost.' Interviewer's note: 'Informant was intelligent and reliable.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BAYNES Francis Lambert
Red Cross file 240403 |