Charles David BARNETT

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Service Number:	600
Enlisted:	10 March 1915, Perth Western Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Jarrahdale, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Fromelles, France, 30 May 1916
Cemetery:	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot 11, Row A, Grave 11, Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial

10 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Perth Western Australia
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 600, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 600, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
30 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 600, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 600 awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-05-30
Date unknown:	Involvement 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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28 Battalion

Rank - Lance Corporal

Embarked Alexandria with Bn for Gallipoli, 4 September 1915;

Appointed Temporary Lance Corporal, 21 September 1915;

Appointed Lance Corporal, 21 September 1915;

Evacuated Gallipoli for Mudros and then proceeded to Alexandria, 10 January 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join British Expeditionary Force, 16 March 1916;

Disembarked Marseilles, France, 21 March 1916.

Wounded in action, France, 30 May 1916 (gun shot wound, head);

Admitted to No 2 Casualty Clearing Station, 30 May 1916;

Died of wounds, 7.30 am, 30 May 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Brother of Maria Clarke, 191 Brown Street, East Perth, Western Australia