Regimental number | 24398 |
Place of birth | Eaglehawk, Victoria |
School | Subiaco State School, Western Australia |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Machinist and Ironmonger |
Address | 11 Rawson Street, Subiaco, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 4.25" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Mr Joseph Alexander Barblett, 11 Rawson Street, Subiaco, Western Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Perth, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Driver |
Unit name | Divisional Ammunition Column 3, Section 1 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 25/91/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 22.5 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | The Huts Cemetery, (Plot IV,Row D, Grave No. 8), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 15 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Joseph Alexander and Alice Christian Barblett, 11 Rawson Street, Subiaco, Western Australia. Native of Eaglehawk, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 27 June 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 25 August 1916. Admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, 9 November 1916 (abscess eyelid). Proceeding overseas to France, 24 November 1916. Appointed Shoeing Smith, 15 December 1916. Transferred to 3rd Australian Divisional Artillery Detachment, 11 February 1917. Transferred to 7th Field Artillery Brigade, 21 February 1917. Found guilty, 27 April 1917, of making an improper reply to a comrade: awarded 5 days' Field Punishment No 2. Admitted to 7th Australian Field Ambulance, 12 May 1917 (hamorrhoids); transferred to Divisional Rest Camp, 19 May 1917; rejoined unit, 20 May 1917. Killed in action, 11 September 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BARBLETT Charles Cyril |