Dates:
War Service:
Gunner 1748 DAVID BARMES of 41st Battery, 11 Brigade, Australian Field Artillery died of wounds on 6 June 1917, aged 26. He joined the Australian Army on 5 October 1914 in Brisbane under the name David Barnes and served in Gallipoli for 5 months in 1915 before being evacuated to Malta with enteric fever. In June 1916 he was posted to France. He was wounded in action on 5 June 1917 and died next day at No.53 Casualty Clearing Station.
He is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension.
Location of Memorial:
He is also remembered on the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and on the memorial at the South East London Synagogue New Cross.
Details:
He was the son of Morris and Catherine Barmes of 5 Algiers Road, Lewisham.
Source:
Contributed By:Andy Pepper
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