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GARNETT, Wade Shenton
Personal Details
Service Number: | Officer |
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Enlisted: | 20 April 1916 |
Last Rank: | Major |
Last Unit: | Medical Officers |
Born: | Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 2 October 1887 |
Home Town: | Armadale, Stonnington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Stawell Grammar School & Melbourne University |
Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 15 April 1918, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Officers B, Row 1, Grave 13 |
Memorials: | St. Kilda East All Saints Anglican Church Mausoleum Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, Medical Officers | |
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24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Captain, Medical Officers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: '' | |
24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Captain, Medical Officers, HMAT Botanist, Melbourne | |
12 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Major |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Wade Shenton GARNETT was born in Stawell, Victoria in 1887
His parents were Wade Shenton GARNETT & Josephine Mary BROWNE who married in Victoria in 1884
He had previously served for 12 months in the Australian Army Medical Corp (Citizens Military Forces) before enlisting for WW1