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Major HUMPHRY ASTON BARNES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

12th Frontier Force Regiment

Date of Death

Died 04 October 1940

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KARACHI WAR CEMETERY

2. D. 3.

Pakistan

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and Indian Political Department
  • Country of Service Indian
  • Awards Companion of the Indian Empire, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred Aston Barnes, M.A. and Norah Barnes; husband of Mair Olwen Barnes, of Needs Oar, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription INDIAN POLITICAL SERVICE 1926 TO 1940 HE WAS KILLED BY A TRIBESMAN WHILE DOING HIS DUTY
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