Edward Frederick BARRETT

BARRETT, Edward Frederick

Service Number: 2276
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
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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: ''
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.

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