Steve,
If DB died during WW1, in early July 1916
then he is 99% likely to have caught his cropper in the Somme offensive.
Timing is only 6 days after the big push was made.
He will
not have made it home.
He
must be buried in France.
His grave will be looked after by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
[Their records frequently list next of kin.]
So, check
www.cwgc.org .
And there he is ... buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen:
[Must have been very badly wounded.
Others made it as far as hospital stations on the coast.]
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=513907Father: Robert BARNETT
Mother: Agnes
Thats a start.
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His details are also mentioned again in a superb online history of the 12th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles:
http://www.freewebs.com/ballymenaww1/thefallen.htmhttp://www.freewebs.com/ballymenaww1/deathonthewire.htm------
The names of Carnmoney's war dead are read out aloud during a solemn ceremony each November.
Daniel gets a mention in
http://www.carnmoney.org/pics/The_Word_Issue_15.pdf[N.B. Very large file.]
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Unfortunately the Colemans' online transcription of the McKinney Notebooks doesn't list a Robert BARNET(T).
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=:3288398[Good fun this DB, you can even get it to list descendant trees! N.B. Don't assume it (or McKinney) is infallible.]
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The UHF lists two RB marriages around the right time, one in 1894, the other in 1895.
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If you ever trace the line back far enough (18thC), keep an eye out for Elizabeth BARNET, married to Solomon WHITLEY whose family were supposedly Pb from the North of Ireland.
[Their son, William WHITLEY, was an early pioneer in Kentucky. He met his nemesis - the great Shawnee Chief, Tecumseh (who was also killed) - beside the Thames River in Ontario on 05-OCT-1813, during the 1812-1815 war as the UK pushed to secure Canada.]
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We will remember them.
Capt Jock
