Description
Studio portrait of 5027 Corporal (Cpl) Gordon Howard Barnes, 11th Battalion from Guildford, Western Australia. A 30 year old contractor prior to enlisting on 1 December 1915, he embarked for overseas service as an acting Sergeant with the 16th Reinforcements of the 11th Battalion from Fremantle, Western Australia aboard HMAT Shropshire (A9) on 31 March 1916. After disembarking in England, he reverted to the ranks and proceeded to France in July 1917. He was later promoted to Lance Corporal and then to Corporal. Cpl Barnes was killed in action at Lihons on 10 August 1918 and buried in the Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France.
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Bartletto Studio
Classification
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Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Measurement
Image: 270 x 189 mm overall
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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