Private Frederick Barnes
PERSONAL INFORMATION
MILITARY INFORMATION
- Private, 8th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-08-27 to 1918-07-23
- Lance Corporal (Army). 1916-07-19 to 1917-08-27
- Lance Corporal (Army). 1915-11-01 to 1916-07-19
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Son of Charles Barnes and Alice Barnes of Birmingham, England.
He came to Canada as a Barnardo Home Child, and lived with his older brother, Ernest Henry Barnes near Miami, Manitoba.
Sailed with the 90th Battalion aboard SS Olympic from Halifax to Liverpool, June 02/08, 1916. On arrival, the battalion was posted to Dibgate Camp, Shorncliffe.
Promoted to Lance Corporal on June 16.
Private Army Canadian Infantry 8th Battalion
Reverted to Private and proceeded to France on being posted. Attached to Canadian Base Depot, Havre, on arrival. On October 15, 1916 the medical board at Havre classified him as fit only for base duties. Two days later he was attached to the Canadian Corps Headquarters Composite Company for duty. He joined the 8th Battalion at Berthonval Wood on December 08.
January 28, 1917 he suffered a hernia and was evacuated to 3rd Field Ambulance. He was transferred to the 7th Stationary Hospital at Harfleur on February 12. On February 28 he was transferred to England aboard the HS Grantully Castle and attached to the Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre, Shoreham, for administrative purposes while in hospital. March 01 he was admitted to the Albert Hall Military Hospital at Nottingham.
March 10, 1917 the reserve battalion system was reorganized and he was now attached to the Manitoba Regimental Depot, Shorncliffe, for administration.
April 14, transferred to Woodcote Park Convalescents Hospital, Epsom. Discharged to duty on May 19 and attached to the 1st Canadian Casualty Depot, St Leonards for physical training. On July 31 he was attached to the 18th Reserve Battalion, pending his return to France.
November 01, 1917 he was awarded a Good Conduct Badge.
November 24 to December 07 he was hospitalized at Moore Barracks Military Hospital, Shorncliffe due to pain in the area of his previous hernia.
April 05, 1918 he returned to France, rejoining the 8th Battalion at on April 17.
On July 23 he was posted as a gas sentry while in the trenches near Arras. He was wounded in the shoulders and back by splinters from an artillery shell and evacuated to the 42nd Casualty Clearing Station. He died there at 8:36 pm that same evening.
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