BARRETT, Frederick James
Service Number: | 31589 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Mount Gambier South Australia, 1880 |
Home Town: | Maylands (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
Schooling: | Norwood Public School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Station Overseer |
Died: | Clare South Australia, 11 February 1947, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Clare General Cemetery, South Australia |
Memorials: | Norwood Primary School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 31589, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 31589, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
Date unknown: | Wounded 31589, 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Barrett was born in the 1880s in Mount Gambier, South Australia. He enlisted on September 11th, 1916, in the Australian Imperial Force (31589) based in Adelaide, South Australia. He embarked at Melbourne on RMS Orontes on the 23rd of December 1916, and arrived in France. He was transferred to the 4th Artillery Brigade on the 27th day of August 1917. He arrived in France on 16th October 1917. As a member of the Field Artillery Brigade, he was playing an important support role during the intense battles of “The Winter Offensive”, by keeping ammunition supplied to the 2nd Australian Division, at Flers/Guedecourt, on the Western Front.
However, his commitment came at a cost as he suffered injuries during combat. So, due to these injuries -gunshot wounds in his leg and neck, he was transferred to King Georges Military Hospital in England for medical care on 12th November 1917.
Though he displayed this bravery, determination, and resilience, the injury rendered Barrett unfit medically for any further participation in a combat situation. He was therefore honourably discharged from service on 19th September 1918.