Harold Joseph BARNES

Surname:                                                       BARNES
Christian Names:                                      Harold Joseph
Date & Place of Birth:                              21st November, 1892
Service Number:                                         484    WW2 Q113865 (Amalgamated Record)
Service Unit:                                                 9th Light Horse
Date & Place of Enlistment:                  4th December, 1914 – Oaklands SA
Profession prior to Enlistment:            Farmer
Date of Return to Aust. & Date of Discharge:    Return 12th August, 1919, Discharged 10th October, 1919
Next of Kin (NOK) Address
Mother:                                                       Elizabeth Barnes, Hawthorne SA
Other:                                                           Wife: Louisa Myrtle Barnes (nee Bailey) married 17th May 1928
Service
Egypt:                                                           Yes
Gallipoli:                                                       Yes
Campaign Medals:                                  1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Bravery Awards, Citations, MID:
Rank:                                                            Private
Kingscote Honour Board                                Yes
Penneshaw Honour Board                              Yes
KI Connection:                                              Relatives on Island?

Mr J. Turner called upon the relatives and friends of those at the front to plant the trees, resulting as follows : For H. Barnes, planted by Mr C. L. Snelling http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189510137 7 Aug 1915

Mr H. Barnes, a member of the expeditionary force at present in camp at Adelaide, spent the weekend at Kingscote visiting friends and relatives.

PERSONAL (1915, April 10). The Kangaroo Island Courier (Kingscote, SA : 1907 - 1951), p. 4.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189511523

Appeared in School Picnic Kingscote Under 16 results in 1908.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article191637364

AIF Project https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=13940

Harold Joseph BARNES