Ivon Dudley Barnes (1914 - 1977)

Born 7 Oct 1914 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Thelma Agnes (Tonges) Barnes — married 22 Oct 1938 in West End, Queensland, Australia

Died 22 Jul 1977 at age 62 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Ivon was born in 1914.^[1] He was the son of John Barnes and Mary O'Brien. He passed away in 1977.^[2][3]

In 1938, Ivon married Thelma Agnes Tonges.^[4]

BARNES— TONGES WEDDING
WHITE mauve and pink flowers will decorate the West End Methodist Church tonight for the wedding of Mr. lvon Dudley Barnes, son of Mr. and Mrs. J Barnes, to Miss Thelma Agnes Tonges only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tonges, Exeter Street, West End.
Rev. T. Dent will officiate. To be given away by her father, the bride will wear Satin cloque cut on classical lines. She will carry a bouquet of arum lilies and will wear a veil of bridal tulle. Misses B. Cameron and D. Dearlove, the bridesmaids, will be frocked in mauve taffetas. They will add pink silk net veils and carry pink carnations and pink roses. Mr. C. W. Tonges will be best man and Mr. R. Barnes will be the groomsman.
The reception will be West End School of Arts. Navy cloque patterned in a self design finished by a red spray of flowers will be featured by Mrs. Tonges (mother of the bride). She will add a navy hat and a bouquet of red roses.
Valley blue mariette to which she will add a navy hat and a bouquet of nasturtiums will be featured by Mrs. Barnes (mother of the bridegroom).
The honeymoon will be spent at Southport. For her travelling frock the bride will wear clover pink crepe with white accessories.^[5]

In 1942, Ivon enlisted in the Australian Army for World War Two.

BARNES IVON DUDLEY

Service Number - Q266828

Date of birth - 07 Oct 1914

Place of birth - BRISBANE QLD

Place of enlistment - BRISBANE QLD

Next of Kin - BARNES THELMA ^[6][7]

Veteran Details

Name BARNES, IVON DUDLEY

Service Australian Army

Service Number Q266828

Date of Birth 07 Oct 1914

Place of Birth BRISBANE, QLD

Date of Enlistment 26 Nov 1942

Locality on Enlistment ANNERLEY, QLD

Place of Enlistment BRISBANE, QLD

Next of Kin BARNES, THELMA

Date of Discharge 12 May 1944

Rank Private

Posting at Discharge REINFORCEMENTS RECEPTION DEPOT

Prisoner of War No

Honours None for display^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Queensland Register of Births Deaths and Marriages - Birth. Ivon Dudley Barnes 07/10/1914. Son of Mary Jane O'Brien and John Edward Barnes. https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/ddc078f4f614d4d6cf05cf5dcdf4960c3a63d4e830b474f97870907b0c19cb75. Registration details: 1914/B/37991.
2. ↑ Queensland Register of Births Deaths and Marriages - Death. Ivon Dudley Barnes 22/07/1977. Son of Mary Jane O'Brien and John Edward Barnes. https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/d22e65e2d94c59a7f864e4e6e1813946b562145f51706b8c9874062b4daefa33. Registration details: 1977/B/79520.
3. ↑ The Ryerson Index to death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers. BARNES, Ivon Dudley. Death notice, 22 JUL 1977. Death aged 62 at Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, late of West End. Sydney Morning Herald, 25 JUL 1977. Accessed at https://ryersonindex.org/search.php.
4. ↑ Queensland Register of Births Deaths and Marriages - Marriage. Ivon Dudley Barnes to Thelma Agnes Tonges 22/10/1938. https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/b5e41a360c216fdffc9d0237b4851ed399e1b6881df9aafa78a19b80015b750b. Registration details: 1938/B/33231.
5. ↑ The Telegraph, Sat 22 Oct 1938. p. 15.
6. ↑ National Archives Australia: 4875058
7. ↑ Digitised File atNational Archives Australia: 4875058
8. ↑ https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=97169&c=WW2#R