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PVT Eric Gordon Barnard
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PVT Eric Gordon Barnard

Birth
Launceston, Launceston City, Tasmania, Australia
Death
6 Apr 1917 (aged 24)
France
Monument
Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Service Number:--- 6467
Enlisted:--- 29 March 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank: ---Private
Last Unit:--- 12th Infantry Battalion
Born:--- Launceston, Tasmania, 7 November 1892
Home Town:--- Sorell, Sorell, Tasmania
Schooling: ---Sorrell State School
Occupation:--- Locomotive Fireman
Died:--- Killed in Action, France, 6 April 1917, aged 24 years
Son of Arthur George and Phoebe Alice Barnard, of Sorell, Tasmania. Born at Launceston, Tasmania.
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The three enlisted children of Arthur George Barnard and Alice Phoebe (née Bailey) Barnard of Sorell, Tasmania:-
190, 3626 Pte. William Henry Barnard (/explore/people/329340) - killed in action;
23 WO1 Arthur Victor Barnard (/explore/people/183869) - died of wounds;
6467 Pte. Eric Gordon Barnard - killed in action.
Private Eric Gordon Barnard is reported to of been killed in action between the dates of 6-10 April 1917.
'IN MEMORIAM.
Died on Active Service
BARNARD.- In loving memory of our dear son and brother. Corporal Eric Gordon Barnard, killed in action In France between April 6 and 10, 1917, age 24.
He gave his for for his country
For honour, faith, and right,
With us his memory ever lives -
He fought a noble fight.
'Midst the roaring of the battle,
And the rain of shot and shell,
Fighting for home and country,
He like a hero fell.'
Inserted by his loving parents, sisters, and brothers.' from The Mercury 18 Apr 1918
Service Number:--- 6467
Enlisted:--- 29 March 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank: ---Private
Last Unit:--- 12th Infantry Battalion
Born:--- Launceston, Tasmania, 7 November 1892
Home Town:--- Sorell, Sorell, Tasmania
Schooling: ---Sorrell State School
Occupation:--- Locomotive Fireman
Died:--- Killed in Action, France, 6 April 1917, aged 24 years
Son of Arthur George and Phoebe Alice Barnard, of Sorell, Tasmania. Born at Launceston, Tasmania.
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The three enlisted children of Arthur George Barnard and Alice Phoebe (née Bailey) Barnard of Sorell, Tasmania:-
190, 3626 Pte. William Henry Barnard (/explore/people/329340) - killed in action;
23 WO1 Arthur Victor Barnard (/explore/people/183869) - died of wounds;
6467 Pte. Eric Gordon Barnard - killed in action.
Private Eric Gordon Barnard is reported to of been killed in action between the dates of 6-10 April 1917.
'IN MEMORIAM.
Died on Active Service
BARNARD.- In loving memory of our dear son and brother. Corporal Eric Gordon Barnard, killed in action In France between April 6 and 10, 1917, age 24.
He gave his for for his country
For honour, faith, and right,
With us his memory ever lives -
He fought a noble fight.
'Midst the roaring of the battle,
And the rain of shot and shell,
Fighting for home and country,
He like a hero fell.'
Inserted by his loving parents, sisters, and brothers.' from The Mercury 18 Apr 1918


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