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BARTON, Harold Eric Getting
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 869 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1914, Helena Vale, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 22 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Tahara, Glenelg, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Tahara State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Died of wounds, At sea on board HMT Osmanieh, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 May 1915, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Panel 33 Roll of Honor Warrnambool, Victoria Australia, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Wagin & District Honour Roll, Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Helena Vale, Western Australia | |
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| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 869, 11th Infantry Battalion, Helena Vale, WA | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 869, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 869, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 869, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 3 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 869, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, No details of wounds received. Evacuated to HS Osmanieh where he died of his wounds on 7 May 1915. |
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Harold Eric Getting BARTON was born in 1895 in Warnambool, Victoria to William BARTON & Frieda Agnes Janet BURNIE of 'Tahara' via Hamilton Victoria,
Died at sea aboard HMT Osmanieh. Buried at sea from Gloucester Castle. Chaplain Captain Wilford
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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