BARNES  N.C.

Given Names:  Norman Clarence

               

Service Number:  540

Unit:  37th Battalion, B Company                                                                                      

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  214998

 

Age:  19 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6¾ In                  

Weight:  122 Lbs

Chest:  31-34 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Hazel

Complexion:  Medium

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  2/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Josiah Earl Barnes

28 Gladstone Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  3/6/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Persic A34

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  City of York                                     

Embarked:  14/1/1919                               

Disembarked:  27/2/1919

Unit:  5th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Lance Corporal

Discharge Date:  16/5/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  41310

Victory Medal:  40705

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1897

Place:  Hawthorn, Victoria                        

Father:  Josiah Earl BARNES                      

Mother:  Josephine Ada Emilie BOUILLION

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1923     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Ottilia Victorian PROTZE

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 24/7/1966                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 23/8/1918; gun shot wound, right foot

Trench feet March 1917

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Holy Trinity Church

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary