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Barnes R J Gunner 20066

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Barnes R J Gunner 20066 Robert James 8 FAB 19 Railway employee Married Pres

Address: Flemington, Princes St, 96

Next of Kin: Barnes, A F, Mrs, wife, 32 Dover St, Flemington

Enlisted: 15 Jul 1915

Embarked: A7 Medic 20 May 1916

Flemington-Kensington Church News, March 1918

20066—Roy. J. Barnes, 108th Battery, Field Artillery Brigade, embarked for England on 10th May, 1916, went through his training on Salisbury Plains and arrived in France, 28th Dec. 1916. In a letter he said :—

"We went into a rest camp for the night and slept in tents that were wet and muddy. Next morning we entrained and travelled nearly two days. On New Year`s Day we expressed our goodwill towards Fritz through our guns."

Since that time Roy has been in the firing line without furlough until wounded last October. He was struck by a piece of bomb, but fortunately was not very severely hit, as he expressed the hope in a letter just received, that he would rejoin the battery in a few weeks. In a letter he mentions having met Jim Grieves and goes on to say:-

"We have had a pretty lively time since I last wrote to you, but I am glad to say gained all our objectives." Our Young Men's Class sends Roy very best wishes and we all hope his recovery will be speedy.

NOTE: It is not clear why the Minister refers to Robert as Roy. It may have been an inadvertant error, or Roy was Robert's nickname.