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Arthur Harold BARNETT

Regimental number4759
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationShunter
AddressMile End, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Height5' 7.5"
Weight125 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Muriel Amy Barnett, 9 Daringa Street, Mile End, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date17 October 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 October 1916
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 23 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 21 December 1917
Discharge date22 March 1918
Other details

War service: England

Embarked Adelaide, 23 June 1917; disembarked Plymouth, England, 25 August 1917; marched in to 8th Training Bn, Hurdcott, 26 August 1917.

Admitted to Isolation Hospital, 30 July 1917; discharged from hospital, 21 August 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 23 days.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Persic', 27 December 1917; disembarked Adelaide, 12 February 1918; discharged (medically unfit: asthma [since boyhood]), Adelaide, 22 March 1918.

War service: 1 year 157 days (of which 235 days were abroad)

Medal: British War Medal

Accidentally drowned in the River Torrens.
Date of death6 April 1918
SourcesNAA: B2455, BARNETT Arthur Harold

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