The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Barnes
- First Name:
- Alfred John
- Nick Name:
- Shorty
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX6970
- Classification:
- Driver
- Company:
- 'A' Company Headquarters
- Enlisted:
- 30.07.1940
- Discharged:
- 6.11.1946
- DOB:
- 5.06.1917
- Place of Birth:
- Northam, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Not Known
- Mothers's Name:
- Doll Eanus Barnes
- Religion:
- Church of England
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Farmer
- Java:
- ‘Blackforce’, attached to 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion
- Force:
- 'A' Force Burma, Java Party No. 4, Williams Force
- Camps Thailand:
- 131km Camp, Tamarkan
- Camps Burma:
- Aungganaung 105km
- POW#:
- 4386
- Return Details 1945:
- Thailand-Singapore by aircraft, Singapore-Fremantle, HMT Tamaroa
General Description
![A Coy H'qtrs - standing Alex Hack, Kneeling Back - Ted Popham, Front L-R L Cpl F Anderson, Pte Cyril Fogarty, Pte Shorty Barnes, Boomer Symmons. Breakfast time on march to Waterfall Gully](/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/A-Coy-Hqtrs-standing-Alex-Hack-Kneeling-Back-Ted-Popham-Front-L-R-L-Cpl-F-Anderson-Pte-Cyril-Fogarty-Pte-Shorty-Barnes-Boomer-Symmons.-Breakfast-time-on-march-to-Waterfall-Gully.jpg)
Shorty Barnes honours his mates who died at Sandakan. Lear, Holst and Bird were in ‘A’ Coy with Shorty. Page was in ‘C’ Coy.
September 1945
Camp Locations:
- Tamarkan, Tha Makham 56k - Thailand
- Tonchan South, 131k - Thailand
- Aungganaung,105Kilo - Burma