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William Sydney BARNCASTLE

Regimental number15694
Place of birthNewtown, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPlatelayer
AddressSydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35
Height5' 7"
Weight175 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary Ann Barncastle, 20 Linthorpe Street, Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date17 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll16 March 1916
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameOctober 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on 31 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Medical Corps
FateReturned to Australia 24 January 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Elizabeth BARNCASTLE
Discharge date16 August 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 31 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 9 January 1917; marched in to Australian Details, Perham Downs, 10 January 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 13 April 1917; taken on strength, 2nd Field Company Engineers, 21 May 1917.

Wounded in action, 20 September 1917; admitted to NZ Stationary Hospital, 22 September 1917 (not yet diagnosed); transferred to Ambulance Train, 7 October 1917 (classified ' shell shock'), and admitted to 32nd Stationary Hospital; transferred to England, 19 October 1917 (shell shock and bronchitis), and admitted same day to Kitchener War Hospital, Brighton (bronchitis: severe); transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 12 November 1917; discharged to No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 19 November 1917.

Marched out to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 27 May 1918.

On Command, 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 21 June 1918; transferred to Australian Army Medical Corps whilst at 1 ADH, 6 November 1918.

Detached from attached duty at 1 ADH, 18 December 1918, and marched out to AAMC Training Depot, Fovant.

Commenced return to Australia from Devonport on board HT 'Delta', 24 January 1919; disembarked Sydney, 22 March 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 16 August 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Death attributed to war service.
Date of death14 May 1935
Age at death54
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, BARNCASTLE William Sydney

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