GARRETT, Francis Henry
| Service Number: | 38731 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Division Artillery |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 19 July 1886 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Broncho Pneumonia, 1st Australian General Hospital, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England, 23 March 1919, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Reserve Bank of Australia (Commonwealth Bank) Honor Roll WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Dec 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 38731, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Dec 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 38731, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 1 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Division Artillery | |
| 23 Mar 1919: | Involvement Gunner, 38731, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 38731 awm_unit: 1st Australian Divisional Artillery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1919-03-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Francis Henry Garrett was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia in 1886.
He married Marion Catherine Batterbury on 7th July, 1917 in Queensland.
Francis Henry Garrett enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 28th April, 1917 as a 30 year old, married, Bank Clerk from Brisbane, Queensland.
Gunner Francis Henry Garrett embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Ulysses (A38) on 19th December, 1917 & disembarked at Suez on 16th January, 1918.
He entrained from Suez to Alexandria, Egypt on 22nd January, 1918 & detrained to Camp A, Gabarri on 23rd January, 1918.
Gunner Garrett embarked from Alexandria on HMT Abassich on 29th January, 1918 & disembarked at No. 9 Rest Camp, Taranto on 4th February, 1918. Gunner Garrett entrained from Taranto to Cherbourg on 7th February, 1918 & detrained on 14th February, 1918. He embarked on HMT Prince George from Cherbourg on 14th February, 1918 & disembarked at Southampton, England on 15th February, 1918.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
Gunner Garrett was marched in to RBAA (Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery) at Heytesbury, Wiltshire on 15th February, 1918.
He embarked for France on 23rd September, 1918 & was taken on strength with 1st Divisional Ammunition Column on 1st October, 1918.
On 5th March, 1919 Gunner Garrett was marched out for return to Australia & proceeded to England from Havre on 12th March, 1919. He disembarked at Southampton, England from France on 13th March, 1919 & was to proceed to Sutton Veny, Wiltshire.
He was admitted to the 1st Australian General Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 14th March, 1919 with Influenza & Pneumonia.
Gunner Francis Henry Garrett died at 11 p.m. on 24th March, 1919 at the 1st Australian General Hospital, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire of Broncho pneumonia.
He was buried in St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England where 140 other WW1 Australian Soldiers & 2 WW1 Australian Nurses are laid to rest.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/f---j.html
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