Watch List notes:

Family Group: (Father) Pair to WIA: British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 2614 Pte. J.G.Barnet. 52-Bn. A.I.F. Both medals impressed.; (Son) Group of Six: 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal 1939-45. Third to fifth medals unnamed, QX536 R.G.Barnet on last three medals. The named medals impressed. Fine - very fine.

Father: James Gordon Barnet, clerk, age 36, born at Brisbane, Qld; Enl.15May1916 at Brisbane, Qld, with previous service of 3 years in Grammar School Cadets and Queensland Volunteer Rifles (resigned); Emb.07Oct1916; to France 08Jan1917; TOS 52Bn 15Jan1917; returned to England 01May1917 and to hospital with GSW left foot; to France 13Aug1917; WIA 16Oct1917 GSW left buttock, France; returned to England 21Oct1917 for hospitalisation; to France 27Dec1917; WIA 14May1918 gassed and hospitalised; TOS 49Bn 10Sep1918; to UK on leave 20Oct1918; rejoined 49Bn 15Nov1918; to England 06Dec1918 and hospitalised with influenza; RTA 02Mar1919; Disch.06Jun1919 Medically Unfit.

Son: Robert Gordon Barnet, clerk, age 29, born at Brisbane, Qld; Enl.22Oct1939 at Brisbane, Qld; Emb.04May1940; TOS X Force AASC 27Oct1940; to Middle East 29Dec1940; graded Group II Cook 04Mar1941; to Greece 01Apr1941; relinquished Group II Cook 17Oct1941; RTA 13May1942; classified as Clerk T.G. III 15Aug1942; to Port Moresby, New Guinea 28Nov1942; to A/Bdr 25Dec1942; to hospital 23Feb1943 and diagnosed with scrub typhus; return to Port Moresby 02Mar1943; RTA 12Mar1943; to Milne Bay 21Aug1943; reverted to Gunner 01Sep1943; appt'd A/TGIII Clerk 24Sep1943; RTA from Buna 27Feb1944; various postings; Disch.03Oct1945 with service in Middle East 04May1940 to 13May1942 and in New Guinea 29Oct1942 to 01Mar1944.

The following was published in The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, on Tuesday 22 December 1936, page 17.

Mr. J. G. Barnet - After a long Illness the death occurred recently of Mr. James Gordon Barnet at the age of 57 years. He was the only son of the late Mr. R. G. Barnet, and was educated at the Brisbane Grammar School and in Scotland. In 1908 he joined the firm of J. C. Hutton Pty. Ltd. He saw service in France for three years during the war, and on his return became hon. secretary of the South Brisbane Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League. He also was a trustee of the South Brisbane War Memorial Hall fund. He is survived by his widow, two daughters, and one son, who is in New Guinea.

With copy of both Service Files.