H05657 Accession Number: H05657

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Outdoor group portrait including 2872 Private (Pte) John Barnes, 51st Battalion from Castlemaine, Victoria, probably standing in the centre. A 39-year-old miner prior to enlisting on 23 June 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 9th Reinforcements of the 11th Battalion from Fremantle, Western Australia on 5 October 1915 aboard HMAT Hororata. Following further training in Egypt, he transferred to the 51st Battalion, joining them in the field in France where he was killed in action at Mouquet Farm on 3 September 1916. Pte Barnes is buried in the Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, France.

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Accession Number
H05657
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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