Regimental number | 4980 |
Place of birth | Zeehan, Tasmania |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Collector |
Address | Pembroke Street, Ashfield, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 7.5" |
Weight | 136 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, J.J. Barrett, Pembroke Street, Ashfield, New South Wales |
Previous military service | 3rd Bn, AIF (16 months, discharged as temporarily unfit) |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Casula, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 18th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/35/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 45th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Date of death | |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 139 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Returned from Britain medically unfit (tuberculosis). Died in Randwick Hospital of multiple gunshot wounds; how caused is not on personal file. |
Family/military connections | Cousin: Pte James MOORE, 58th Bn, killed in action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Tried by District Court Martial, at sea, 2 August 1916, on charge of conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in that he being an NCO did on HMAT A.55 on 17 July 1916, attempt to evade a lawful order to wit Routine Orders: found Guilty: award, to be reduced to the rank of Sergeant. Proceeded overseas to France from England, 14 October 1916; marched into 2nd Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 16 October 1916, and reverts to the rank of Private the same day. Proceeded to unit, 29 October 1916 and taken on strength of 45th Bn the same day. Admitted to 1st Anzac Main Dressing Station, 19 November 1916, and transferred to No 36 Casualty Clearing Station the same day (myalgia); to No 2 General Hospital, Le Havre, 21 November 1916; to No 4 Convalescent Depot, Le Havre, 25 November 1916; marched into 4th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 7 December 1916. Admitted to No 26 General Hospital, Etaples, 2 January 1917 (pyrexia of unknown origin); discharged, and marched into 4th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 14 January 1917. Proceeded to unit, 26 January 1917. Admitted to No 14 Australian Field Ambulance, 25 February 1917, and transferred to 1/1 South Midland Casualty Clearing Station the same day (trench feet); to No 31 Ambulance Train, no date stated; to No 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, 27 February 1917; to England, 28 February 1917; to No 3 Australian General Hospital, Brighton, 28 February 1917; discharged to furlough, 21 May 1917, and to report to No 4 Command Depot, Wareham, 5 June 1917. Found guilty, 11 July 1917, of being absent without leave from 1200 hours, 5 July 1917, until 1900 hours, 7 July 1917: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2, and total forfeiture of 13 days' pay. Marched into Overseas Training Bde, Longbridge Deverill, 6 October 1917. Marched out to No 4 Group, 29 October 1917; marched into 12th Training Bn, Codford, 31 October 1917. Admitted to Bde Hospital, 22 January 1918 (rheumatism). Admitted to Military Hospital, Sutton Veny, 9 February 1918 (cyst, right shoulder); discharged, and marched into No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 26 March 1918. Admitted to Fovant Military Hospital, 29 March 1918 (inflamed glands, right neck); marched into No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 15 April 1918. Marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 8 May 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Boonah', 21 July 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 20 September 1918, and proceeded by rail to Sydney. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Died No 4 General Hospital, Randwick, 20 October 1919 (multiple gunshot wounds). |
Miscellaneous details | Previously served in 3rd Bn in 1914/15; see 95 L L Barrett |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BARRETT Lionel Lancelot |