Cenotaph here
~~~~~BARNES, John Pacey, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, The Great War~~~~~~~
Transcript of military service for regimental number:--- 124, Sergeant Barnes.
Parents:--- John Barnes & Mary Ann Pacey married 20th September 1888, Queensland.
Born:---Ipswich, Queensland
Religion:--- Roman Catholic
Schooling:--- Brookfield State School, Queensland
Civil employment:--- Drover
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 25 years and 8 months.
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Jack Barnes, Wilton Post Office, via Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland
Prior military qualifications:--- School Cadets
Attested into AIF:--- 31st August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland.
Rank on enlistment:--- Private
Final Unit:--- 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Brisbane, Queensland, aboard Transport A15 "Star of England" 24th September 1914
Final Rank:--- Sergeant
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 9th January 1917, Palestine.
Burial:--- Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
War service:--- Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine
Medals:--- 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Family and military connections:--- Cousins: Trooper Samuel Melville Cook, 5th Australian Light Horse, killed in action, Gallipoli on 14th November 1915. Frank Geary, killed in action, France; William Pacey, returned to Australia, died in Queensland of wounds sustained at the Gallipoli landing.
Details of service:--- Proceeded to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 9 May 1915; admitted to Casualty Station, Monash Gully, Gallipoli, 19 May 1915 (influenza); to hospital ship, 19 May 1916 (rheumatism); returned to duty, 24 June 1915; wounded in action, 21 August 1915 (shrapnel wound, shoulder and neck); admitted to No 1 Stationary Hospital, Lemnos, 27 August 1915; transferred to Convalescent Depot, Lemnos, 5 September 1915; to No 1 Stationary Hospital, 12 September 1915 (erysipelas); returned to duty, 26 September 1915; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 26 December 1915.
Appointed temporary Corporal, 13 January 1916.
Admitted to 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, Wardan, Egypt, 18 January 1916 (mumps); returned to duty, 9 February 1916.
To Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 31 March 1916; appointed Corporal, 5 April 1916; returned to unit, 23 April 1916.
Appointed temporary Sergeant, 11 May 1916.
Reverted to Corporal, 24 July 1916.
Appointed temporary Sergeant, 10 August 1916; appointed Sergeant, 10 August 1916.
Killed in action, Rafa, Palestine, 9 January 1917.
~~~~~BARNES, John Pacey, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, The Great War~~~~~~~
Transcript of military service for regimental number:--- 124, Sergeant Barnes.
Parents:--- John Barnes & Mary Ann Pacey married 20th September 1888, Queensland.
Born:---Ipswich, Queensland
Religion:--- Roman Catholic
Schooling:--- Brookfield State School, Queensland
Civil employment:--- Drover
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 25 years and 8 months.
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Jack Barnes, Wilton Post Office, via Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland
Prior military qualifications:--- School Cadets
Attested into AIF:--- 31st August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland.
Rank on enlistment:--- Private
Final Unit:--- 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Brisbane, Queensland, aboard Transport A15 "Star of England" 24th September 1914
Final Rank:--- Sergeant
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 9th January 1917, Palestine.
Burial:--- Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
War service:--- Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine
Medals:--- 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Family and military connections:--- Cousins: Trooper Samuel Melville Cook, 5th Australian Light Horse, killed in action, Gallipoli on 14th November 1915. Frank Geary, killed in action, France; William Pacey, returned to Australia, died in Queensland of wounds sustained at the Gallipoli landing.
Details of service:--- Proceeded to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 9 May 1915; admitted to Casualty Station, Monash Gully, Gallipoli, 19 May 1915 (influenza); to hospital ship, 19 May 1916 (rheumatism); returned to duty, 24 June 1915; wounded in action, 21 August 1915 (shrapnel wound, shoulder and neck); admitted to No 1 Stationary Hospital, Lemnos, 27 August 1915; transferred to Convalescent Depot, Lemnos, 5 September 1915; to No 1 Stationary Hospital, 12 September 1915 (erysipelas); returned to duty, 26 September 1915; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 26 December 1915.
Appointed temporary Corporal, 13 January 1916.
Admitted to 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, Wardan, Egypt, 18 January 1916 (mumps); returned to duty, 9 February 1916.
To Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 31 March 1916; appointed Corporal, 5 April 1916; returned to unit, 23 April 1916.
Appointed temporary Sergeant, 11 May 1916.
Reverted to Corporal, 24 July 1916.
Appointed temporary Sergeant, 10 August 1916; appointed Sergeant, 10 August 1916.
Killed in action, Rafa, Palestine, 9 January 1917.
Cenotaph here
~~~~~BARNES, John Pacey, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, The Great War~~~~~~~
Transcript of military service for regimental number:--- 124, Sergeant Barnes.
Parents:--- John Barnes & Mary Ann Pacey married 20th September 1888, Queensland.
Born:---Ipswich, Queensland
Religion:--- Roman Catholic
Schooling:--- Brookfield State School, Queensland
Civil employment:--- Drover
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 25 years and 8 months.
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Jack Barnes, Wilton Post Office, via Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland
Prior military qualifications:--- School Cadets
Attested into AIF:--- 31st August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland.
Rank on enlistment:--- Private
Final Unit:--- 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Brisbane, Queensland, aboard Transport A15 "Star of England" 24th September 1914
Final Rank:--- Sergeant
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 9th January 1917, Palestine.
Burial:--- Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
War service:--- Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine
Medals:--- 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Family and military connections:--- Cousins: Trooper Samuel Melville Cook, 5th Australian Light Horse, killed in action, Gallipoli on 14th November 1915. Frank Geary, killed in action, France; William Pacey, returned to Australia, died in Queensland of wounds sustained at the Gallipoli landing.
Details of service:--- Proceeded to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 9 May 1915; admitted to Casualty Station, Monash Gully, Gallipoli, 19 May 1915 (influenza); to hospital ship, 19 May 1916 (rheumatism); returned to duty, 24 June 1915; wounded in action, 21 August 1915 (shrapnel wound, shoulder and neck); admitted to No 1 Stationary Hospital, Lemnos, 27 August 1915; transferred to Convalescent Depot, Lemnos, 5 September 1915; to No 1 Stationary Hospital, 12 September 1915 (erysipelas); returned to duty, 26 September 1915; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 26 December 1915.
Appointed temporary Corporal, 13 January 1916.
Admitted to 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, Wardan, Egypt, 18 January 1916 (mumps); returned to duty, 9 February 1916.
To Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 31 March 1916; appointed Corporal, 5 April 1916; returned to unit, 23 April 1916.
Appointed temporary Sergeant, 11 May 1916.
Reverted to Corporal, 24 July 1916.
Appointed temporary Sergeant, 10 August 1916; appointed Sergeant, 10 August 1916.
Killed in action, Rafa, Palestine, 9 January 1917.
~~~~~BARNES, John Pacey, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, The Great War~~~~~~~
Transcript of military service for regimental number:--- 124, Sergeant Barnes.
Parents:--- John Barnes & Mary Ann Pacey married 20th September 1888, Queensland.
Born:---Ipswich, Queensland
Religion:--- Roman Catholic
Schooling:--- Brookfield State School, Queensland
Civil employment:--- Drover
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 25 years and 8 months.
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Jack Barnes, Wilton Post Office, via Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland
Prior military qualifications:--- School Cadets
Attested into AIF:--- 31st August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland.
Rank on enlistment:--- Private
Final Unit:--- 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Brisbane, Queensland, aboard Transport A15 "Star of England" 24th September 1914
Final Rank:--- Sergeant
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 9th January 1917, Palestine.
Burial:--- Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
War service:--- Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine
Medals:--- 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Family and military connections:--- Cousins: Trooper Samuel Melville Cook, 5th Australian Light Horse, killed in action, Gallipoli on 14th November 1915. Frank Geary, killed in action, France; William Pacey, returned to Australia, died in Queensland of wounds sustained at the Gallipoli landing.
Details of service:--- Proceeded to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 9 May 1915; admitted to Casualty Station, Monash Gully, Gallipoli, 19 May 1915 (influenza); to hospital ship, 19 May 1916 (rheumatism); returned to duty, 24 June 1915; wounded in action, 21 August 1915 (shrapnel wound, shoulder and neck); admitted to No 1 Stationary Hospital, Lemnos, 27 August 1915; transferred to Convalescent Depot, Lemnos, 5 September 1915; to No 1 Stationary Hospital, 12 September 1915 (erysipelas); returned to duty, 26 September 1915; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 26 December 1915.
Appointed temporary Corporal, 13 January 1916.
Admitted to 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, Wardan, Egypt, 18 January 1916 (mumps); returned to duty, 9 February 1916.
To Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 31 March 1916; appointed Corporal, 5 April 1916; returned to unit, 23 April 1916.
Appointed temporary Sergeant, 11 May 1916.
Reverted to Corporal, 24 July 1916.
Appointed temporary Sergeant, 10 August 1916; appointed Sergeant, 10 August 1916.
Killed in action, Rafa, Palestine, 9 January 1917.
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