Service Number: 30581
Enlisted: 29 August 1940, Hobart
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Born: Kingscote, SA, 9 August 1916
Home Town: Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Died: Accidental, United Kingdom, 21 January 1944, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, Chester, England
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
29 Aug 1940: Involvement Flight Sergeant, SN 30581
29 Aug 1940: Enlisted Hobart
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Australian War Memorial
Service number 30581
Rank Flight Sergeant
Unit 27 Operational Training RAF
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Conflict Eligibility Date Second World War, 1939-1947
Date of Death 21 January 1944
Place of Death United Kingdom
Cause of Death Accidental
Cemetery or Memorial Details Blacon Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Source AWM148 Roll of Honour cards, 1939-1945 War, Air Force
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National Archives Australia
BARNES William Thomas - (Flight Sergeant);
Service Number - 30581;
File type - Casualty - Repatriation;
Aircraft - Wellington BJ 652;
Place - Derbyshire, United Kingdom;
Date - 21 January 1944
BARNES William Thomas - 30581 RAAF;
Year of Death - 1944;
Cemetery - Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, Cheshire, UK
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Given Name(s): William Thomas
Last Name: BARNES
Birth Date: 1916, August 09
Gender: M
Father: Francis James BARNES
Mother: Queenie Kate LOVELOCK
Birth Place/Residence: Kingscote KI
District: Yankalilla
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Book/Page: 984/300
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Descendants of :
Francis James BARNES was born 23 Nov 1883 in Magill, SA and died 18 Nov 1937 in Longford, Tasmania. He married Queenie Kate LOVELOCK 23 Jun 1915 in Curramulka, SA. She was born 06 Oct 1890 in Curramulka, SA and died 01 Sep 1934 in Longford, Tasmania.
Children of Francis James BARNES and Queenie Kate LOVELOCK:
i. Lisle Lovelock BARNES was born 14 Oct 1910 in Walkerville, SA and died 1974 in Victoria
ii. William Thomas BARNES was born 09 Aug 1916 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 21 Jan 1944 in nr Cheshire, Lancashire, England
Last updated : 5 June 2021