GARRETT, William
| Service Number: | 225 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 January 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bootle, Lancashire, England, 8 August 1883 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St Paul's Protestant School, England |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ration Farm Military Cemetery, la Chapelle-D'Armentieres Plot VI. Row H. Grave 43. Inscription: SADLY MISSED BY ALL AT HOME |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 225, Depot Battalion , Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 225, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 225, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 225, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Proceeded to join M.E.F Gallipoli | |
| 27 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 225, 17th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Posted as Missing | |
| 28 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 225, 17th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Admitted G.S.W. Shoulder | |
| 30 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 225, 17th Infantry Battalion, Embarked for England H.M.T. "Huntsgreen" Admitted to hospital for recovery. | |
| 19 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 225, 17th Infantry Battalion, Rejoined unit. | |
| 20 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 225, 55th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Caledonian" | |
| 29 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 225, 55th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 225, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 225, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 225, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 225 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 33 and the son of William and Elizabeth Garrett, (nee Corkish). of 40, Beatrice St., Bootle, Liverpool, England.
His parents were both natives of Douglas, Isle of Man. The Garrett family home was at 40 Beatrice Street, Bootle in 1901 and 1911.
William junior was a merchant seaman and was away from home when the census was taken. Liverpool Crew Lists show that he was a deck boy on the Orotova in 1899 and an able seaman on the Campania in 1906.
He enlisted at Liverpool, New South Wales on the 30th January 1915. He served at the Dardanelles where he suffered a gun-shot wound to the shoulder. He was sent to England for hospital treatment and after he recovered was posted back to Egypt in January 1916.
William Henry Branney, the husband of his sister, Esther Branney (nee Garrett) died on service with the Royal Navy in 1915.
His brother, John Garrett, died in 1918 after being discharged from Royal Naval Reserve, and was also buried at Bootle Borough Cemetery.
He is remembered on the Merseyside Roll of Honour.
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