
BARNETT, Charles David
Service Number: | 600 |
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Enlisted: | 10 March 1915, Perth Western Australia |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 1889 |
Home Town: | Jarrahdale, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Died of wounds, Fromelles, France, 30 May 1916 |
Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot 11, Row A, Grave 11, Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial |
Biography
28 Battalion
Rank - Lance Corporal
Embarked Alexandria with Bn for Gallipoli, 4 September 1915;
Appointed Temporary Lance Corporal, 21 September 1915;
Appointed Lance Corporal, 21 September 1915;
Evacuated Gallipoli for Mudros and then proceeded to Alexandria, 10 January 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join British Expeditionary Force, 16 March 1916;
Disembarked Marseilles, France, 21 March 1916.
Wounded in action, France, 30 May 1916 (gun shot wound, head);
Admitted to No 2 Casualty Clearing Station, 30 May 1916;
Died of wounds, 7.30 am, 30 May 1916.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Brother of Maria Clarke, 191 Brown Street, East Perth, Western Australia