BARRETT, Edward Frederick
| Service Number: | 2276 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll, Hope of Adamstown Tent No I.O.R. 76 |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2276, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2276, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney |
Pte Edward Frederick Barrett
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
57 years ago today, on the 30th August 1962, Private Edward Frederick Barrett, 35th Battalion, labourer (Steel Works), of "Willyama", Hampden Avenue, Adamstown, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 74. METHODIST 4-08. 12.
Born at Broken Hill, New South Wales on the 28th March 1888 to Edward Francis and Sarah Jane Barrett; husband of Elsie Jane Barrett nee Morgan (married 1927, died 1947), Edward enlisted April 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133886683
Wounded in action - 25.5.1917 (GSW face), 7.6.1917 (gassed, Battle of Messines), 4.4.1918 (shell shock), Mr Barrett returned home August 1918 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140977026
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134859706
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134854967
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138156566
Edward’s name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial, Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll (photo, unveiled on the 31st October 1915) and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Edward’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King and Country.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=412248#2
Lest We Forget.
Submitted 30 August 2019 by Evan Evans
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