| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Stawell, Victoria |
| School | Stawell Grammar School; University of Melbourne |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Medical practitioner |
| Address | Windsor, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 28.10 |
| Height | 5' 8.5" |
| Weight | 147 lbs |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs W S Garnett, 310 High Street, Windsor, Victoria |
| Previous military service | Served for 12 months in the Australian Army Medical Corps, Citizen Military Forces. |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Captain |
| Unit name | Medical Officers |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A59 Botanist on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Major |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | Australian Army Medical Corps |
| Fate | Died of wounds |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 30 |
| Place of burial | St. Sever Cemetery (Officers B, Row I, Grave No. 13), Rouen, France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 182 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Wade and Josephine GARNETT, 'Malwa', 254 High Street, Malvern, Victoria |
| Family/military connections | Brother: [12299] 2nd Lt William Foster Stawell GARNETT, 10th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 6 May 1919. |
| Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 24 August 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 19 October 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 3 November 1916 Taken on strength, No 2 Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 5 November 1916. Joined No 14 General Tranferred to 4th Australian Division, 26 November 1917; tasken on strength, 12th Field Ambulance, 27 November 1917. Detached for temporary duty with 48th Bn, 28 December 1917. Appointed Regimental Medical Officer, 48th Bn, 1 January 1918. Wounded in action, 4 April 1918 (gun shot wound, thigh, fractured femur); admitted to No 2 Red Cross Hospital, Rouen, 14 April 1918. Died of wounds, 10.20 pm, 15 April 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, GARNETT Wade Shenton
Red Cross File No 1140509K |
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