Service Number – 2781.
Rank – Private.
Unit / Division – 39th Batallion.
Enlistment Date – 1 November 1916.
Address on Enlistment – Beach Street, South Bunbury, W. A.
Occupation on Enlistment – Railway Porter.
Next of Kin on Enlistment – Brother- Robert Charles Barnes, 143 South Circular Road, Dublin, Ireland. Father- Francis Barnes, Mother- Julia Barnes, both of Dublin, Ireland.
Religion – Church Of England.
Embarkation Details – From Fremantle on 29 December 1916 on HMAT A34 “Persic “.
KIA / Mortally Wounded –
Date – 4 October 1917
Place – Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium.
Age at Death – 44.
Burial Location / Commemoration Details – The Ypres ( Menin Gate ), Memorial( Panel 25 ), Belgium.
Panel Number, Roll of Honour (Australian War Memorial) – 130.