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ADDISON, Wentworth Barry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2438 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 June 1915, Hobart, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | College, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Buckingham Rowing Club HR, Hobart Roll of Honour, Hobart St Andrews Church Roll of Honour, Tasmanian Government Railways, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2438, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2438, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide | |
| 24 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2438, 12th Infantry Battalion, Hobart, Tas. | |
| 27 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2438, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 1 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion, Mudros | |
| 26 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 12th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 20 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2438, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Captain John and Emily ADDISON, 22 St. George's Terrace, Hobart, Tasmania
ADDISON-In memory of Sergeant Barry Wentworth Addison 52nd (late 12th) Battalion Austnlian Imperial Forces killed in action at Mouquet Farm France September 4 1916 aged 22
No noise but silence and eternal sleep
In peace and honour he rests there my son
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