
BARNETT, Stirling Ferguson
Service Numbers: | 1789, 61 |
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Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
Home Town: | Northcote, Darebin, Victoria |
Schooling: | State School, Northcote, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Killed in action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 1789, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, SN 61, 6th Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, SN 61, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Ebenezer Barnett and Jane Barnett nee Kay of 20 Westbourne Grove, Northcote, Victoria. Brother of Elliott Alexander Barnett who died of Bronchial Pneumonia on 21 February 1919 having served with the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion and is buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the school cadets