Patrick Bernard BARNETT

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BARNETT, Patrick Bernard

Service Number:	1724
Enlisted:	16 February 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lambeth, South London, England, 1896
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer and Mechanic
Died:	Wounds, Malta, 27 September 1915
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Grave B. XVI. 6., Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

16 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1724, 4th Infantry Battalion
17 Mar 1915:	Involvement Private, 1724, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
17 Mar 1915:	Embarked Private, 1724, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney
6 Sep 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1724, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, He suffered bullet wound to the lung, which he eventually died from.

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

He served under the alias of George Bernard Bennett, his correct name is Patrick Bernard Barnett. He was 18 years 10 months old when he died.

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 18 and the son of Charles Bernard and Kathleen Josephine Barnett, of 87, Addison Rd., Hove, England.

Births Dec 1896 Barnett Patrick Bernard Lambeth 1d 461

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

His grave is also marked by a Private Memorial ‘erected by his sorrowing mother’ on which his rank is shown as Bugler.

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