I believe his grave is now marked, it's on the way out to My Druitt, so i will pop in there too
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I believe his grave is now marked, it's on the way out to My Druitt, so i will pop in there too
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Hello Gents
I happen to work at Rookwood & a John Barney Hines is buried in the Catholic Cemetery,
Mortuary 2, section 11, grave # 2576. The service date was 31/1/1958 so this tallys with
John's date of death. I will have to have a look myself. Unfortunately there are a lot of
section graves that are unmarked.
Regards
Brett
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It's crazy to think that we all stem in one way or another from Barney Hines!
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Cheers Brett, I'm going to pop out there on Wednesday and have a look
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What a character!! The world needs blokes like this!
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Only original items for sale from Barney , no E Bay crap !!
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
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Maybe all the Sydney guys can gather around the grave & raise a toast to JB .... or a good place for the 1000 post helmet Sydney photo?by AMTG
" I'm putting off procrastination until next week "
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Hello Dan
That sounds like a good idea. There are many thought provoking things relating to the wars to be seen at Rookwood. The saddest
in my opinion are the monuments erected by the families for relatives who never returned. The one that really gets me is for a young
bloke who was killed on his 20th birthday while stretcher bearing at Villers Bretonneux. There are many worthy of a toast here!
Regards
Brett
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Leave it to an Aussie to run off to war and come back home richer than when he left! And who said "the entrepreneur spirit" is dead? lol Guts And an eye for a buck! Yep...that would be an Australian!
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
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Actually he was originally a scouser which does explain his habit of aquiring things !!Leave it to an Aussie to run off to war and come back home richer than when he left! And who said "the entrepreneur spirit" is dead? lol Guts And an eye for a buck! Yep...that would be an Australian!
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
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