BARNARD N.F.W.

Given Names:  Norman Francis Watts

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Unit:  1st Pioneer Battalion, 3rd reinforcements                                                                 

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant                                                                                                     

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Age:  22 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Surveyor                                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Unitarian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8¾ In                  

Weight:  138 Lbs

Chest:  32-35 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Medium

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  4/1/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Francis George Allman Barnard

167 High Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  3/5/1916

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  HMAT Clan MacGillivray A46

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

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Unit:  1st Pioneer Battalion                                                                                                            

Rank:  Lieutenant

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  39087

Victory Medal:  38267

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BIRTH

Date or Year:  1/9/1893

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Francis George Allman BARNARD                                   

Mother:  Mary Rachael WATTS

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 11/8/1917                          

Place: Zillebeke Lake, Ypres, Belgium      

Burial:  Reningheist New Military Cemetery, Belgium

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Killed at Zillebeke by splinters from a shell; struck in two places; the wound in the groin was fatal

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew State School

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque No. 357037

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

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