Regimental number | 594 |
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Grocer |
Address | 7 James Street, Leichardt, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 7.5" |
Weight | 136 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs B. Barnett, 7 James Street, Leichardt, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Militia Cadets (4 years, unit disbanded) |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | Machine Gun Company 1, Reinforcement 10 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 24/6/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Omrah on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Harold and Olga BARNETT; Wife: Beatrice BARNETT |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 17 January 1917; admitted to Ship's Hospital, 28 March 1917; discharged, 19 March 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 27 March 1917; marched into Australian Machine Gun Training Depot, Belton Park, 28 March 1917. Admitted to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 11 October 1917 (venereal disease); discharged, 23 October 1917, and marched into Convalescent Training Depot, Parkhouse, the same day; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 13 days. Marched out of Convalescent Training Depot, 2 January 1918; marched into Australian Machine Gun Training Depot, Grantham, 4 January 1918. Proceeded overseas to France, 9 April 1918; marched into Machine Gun Corps Base Depot, Camiers, 9 April 1918. Proceeded to unit, 14 April 1918; taken on strength of 1st Machine Gun Bn, 20 April 1918. Wounded in action, 5 July 1918; admitted to No 3 Australian Field Ambulance, 5 July 1918 (shrapnel wound, scalp, and gassed); transferred to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 5 July 1918; to No 63 Ambulance Train, 6 July 1918; to No 53 General Hospital, Boulogne, 6 July 1918; to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 14 July 1918; to No 1 Australian Convalescent Depot, Le Havre, 26 July 1918; marched into Australian General Base Depot, Le Havre, 27 August 1918. Marched out of Australian General Base Depot, 30 August 1918; marched into Machine Gun Base Depot, Camiers, 1 September 1918. Proceeded to unit, 8 September 1918; rejoined 1st Machine Gun Bn, 12 September 1918. Admitted to No 1 Australian Field Ambulance, 3 November 1918 (conjunctivitis); transferred to No 3 Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, no date stated; to No 3 General Hospital, Le Treport, 6 November 1918; discharged, 11 November 1918, and marched into Machine Gun Base Depot, Camiers, 11 November 1918. Proceeded to unit, Camiers, 21 November 1918; rejoined unit, 23 November 1918. Proceeded to England for return to Australia, 10 April 1919; marched into No 1 Group, England, 18 April 1919. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Port Darwin', 12 June 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 27 July 1919; discharged Sydney (termination of period of enlistment), 13 September 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Full name (according to War Graves card): Stewart Fernand BARNETT |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 34 |
Place of burial | Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BARNETT Fernand |