Returned ANZACs,
Territory ANZACs,
First World War, 1914-1918,
Place of birth
Parkes (N.S.W.),
Place of enlistment
Perth (W.A.),
Date of enlistment
1915-08-09,
Age
40,
Occupation
Kangaroo hunter,
Service
Australian Imperial Force,
Unit
16th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement,
Rank
Private,
Service number
3421,
Next of kin
Elizabeth Popes - Sister ; Post Office Ryde, Ryde, N.S.W.,
Date of death
1920-06-04,
Place of death
Narrogin Regional Hospital (W.A.),
Biographical notes
His address on enlistment was Port Darwin.,
History
He started with 18 months in the Farrier Corp, 5th Bushman's Contingent in South Africa 1901-1902. Embarked at Fremantle on HMAT A24 'Benalla' 1st November 1915. There is a record for James Barry with the 8th. Wounded in action in France 9 August 1916. High explosive effect on his eyes made him temporarily blind. Returned to Australia on board 'Auchises' 28 February 1919.,
Subject
World War, 1914-1918,
Northern Territory,
Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps,
History,
ANZAC,
Related links
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3053232,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067403%5CRCDIG1067403--82-.JPG,
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1559447/,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/23/33/,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21755681,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/26589506,
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3053232 [Service record],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21755681 [The old Sixteenth : being a record of the 16th Battalion, A.I.F., during the Great War, 1914-1918 by Cyril Longmore. Perth, W.A. : History Committee of the 16th Battalion Association, 1929.],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/26589506 [Bloody angle, Bullecourt & beyond : 16th Battalion A.I.F. 1914-1919 by Ian Gill. Perth, W.A. : I. Gill, 2008.],
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/23/33/ [Unit War Diary],
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067403%5CRCDIG1067403--82-.JPG [Embarkation Roll - HMAT A24 'Benalla'],
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1559447/ [Nominal Roll],