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James Edward Barnes

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Portrait of James Edward Barnes, New Zealand Division, Royal Navy, c.Second World War. Image kindly provided by Paul Barnes (April 2020). Image is subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of James Edward Barnes, New Zealand Division, Royal Navy, c.Second World War. Image kindly …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Barnes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 1548 AWMM
    • WWII NZD1548 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 October 1919 AWMM Haslingden, Lancashire AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Hawera, Taranaki AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Richard Walker Barnes AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Stoker AWMM
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1937 Family source Farm hand/Civilian Family source
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Left school at 13 and got a job at the Patea freezing works throwing and classing the fleece. Family source.

    Participated in the Dieppe Raid (Operation Jubille) on HMS Albrighton, 1942. Family source. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 August 1979 AWMM
    Age 59 AWMM
    Helensville, Auckland Province AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Otahuhu Cemetery, Otahuhu, New Zealand AWMM Plot 55, Area Q AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald 8 August 1979 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

Remember James Edward Barnes by laying a poppy.

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  • Dad, I wish I had gone with you to the dawn services, it’s a time I can never get back.

    I thank you and your mates for what you did for New Zealand.

    Never forgotten.

    Paul
    Public - Paul - Child - 22 April 2023
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  • Always remembered. Paul
    Public - Paul - Direct descendant - 25 April 2022
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21346617
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM

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22 April 2023PaulJacobs Well AustraliaChild

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