John Leslie BARRATT

BARRATT, John Leslie

Service Number: 2149
Enlisted: 12 April 1916, 4th reinforcements
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 46th Infantry Battalion
Born: Gre Gre Central, St Arnaud, Victoria, Australia, 22 September 1894
Home Town: St Arnaud, North Grampians, Victoria
Schooling: Gre Gre Central, St Arnaud,Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Farm labourer
Died: Died of wounds, France, 22 October 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
Block S, Plot II, Row AA, Grave No. 1, St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St. Arnaud Traynors Lagoon & District Roll of Honor WW1, Traynors Lagoon War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

12 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2149, 46th Infantry Battalion, 4th reinforcements
16 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 2149, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 2149, 46th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

A tough soldier, Jack Barratt was wounded no less than four times in less than two years. The last wounds were mortal, he died after surviving for over a month in hospital.

Proceeded overseas to France, 4 December 1916; 

Wounded in action, France, 11 April 1917; (shrapnel wound, right arm); rejoined unit, 14 May 1917.

2nd occasion Wounded in action, 18 July 1917 (gassed); rejoined unit, 22 September 1917.

3rd occasion Wounded in action, France, 3 April 1918; (gun shot wound, right forearm) transferred to England, 7 April 1918; rejoined unit, 16 August 1918.

4th occasion Wounded in action 20 September 1918; 20 September 1918 (shrapnel wound, thigh and head); died of wounds, 22 October 1918.

His older brother 778 Private Alfred Herbert Barratt 2nd Australian Pioneers AIF died of wounds 4th October 1917. 

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