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BARBUTO, Philip
| Service Number: | 3352 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1917, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Sicily, Italy, 23 July 1898 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fruiterer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Daw Park, South Australia, 28 March 1971, aged 72 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Catholic E Path 29 Grave 48 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3352, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 22 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3352, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 3352, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 27 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3352, 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Braxton Conradi
Philip Barbuto was born on 23rd July, 1898 in Sicily, Italy the son of Gretano Barbuto who was born in Messina Leni, Sicily. Philip arrived in Australia in 1912 at the age of fourteen and his occupation before he enlisted was a fruiterer.
Barbuto enlisted to the AIF in WW1 as a Private on the 1st March 1917 in Adelaide and was placed in the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 28th Reinforcement. At 21 years of age, on the 22nd June, 1917, Barbuto embarked from Melbourne on the HMAT Port Lincoln A17.
During his service, Barbuto trained in Egypt and contributed to campaigns in Palestine and Syria.
During his service in Palestine, Barbuto’s Regiment was assigned to the job of protecting the communication and railway lines in the first months of 1917. While they were doing this, they missed the First Battle of Gaza but did participate in the Second Battle of Gaza, 19th April, 1917. Barbuto was also involved in the Battle of Beersheba and the actions that followed until early January 1917.
Barbuto and his regiment then moved into the Jordan Valley to maintain the region after the fall of Jerusalem. This included supporting the taking of Jericho, the attack on Amon thorough out 27th of March to 2nd April 1918 and the Es Salt Raid of 30th April to 4th May, 1918. In the regiments last major operation they fought in prior to the breakout was to stop the Germans Asien Corps attack the Abu Tellul on the 14th July 1918.
Following this, Barbuto contracted malaria on the 8th October, 1918. He was admitted to hospital and was able to make a full recovery.
Prior to the 3rd Light Horse Regiment being discharged, they were ordered- to do one of the hardest tasks they had faced, they had to let go and farewell their horses for good. These horses had followed each soldier through battle, they were their best friends throughout the war and saying goodbye to their best friends would have been so hard. The horses of the 3rd Light Horse Regiment were sent to different places based on their health – healthy horses were given to the Indian Calvary and the unfit ones were destroyed by the Veterinary units. After this, they left Egypt on the 16th March, 1919 returning to Australia on the 15th May, 1919.
Barbuto was formally discharged from the AIF on the 27th July, 1919. For his contributions to the AIF, Barbuto was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Philip Barbuto died from natural causes at the Daws Park Hospital, South Australia on the 28th March, 1971 at the age of 72. He is buried at Centennial Park Cemetery in South Australia and has a plaque in the South Australian Garden of Remembrance.
Biography
Son of Gretano BARBUTO
Of Messina Lini, Cicily, Italy
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