Bertie Gerald BARRETT

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Service Number:	916
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	11th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Binnum, SA, 3 January 1880
Home Town:	Frances, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Selector
Died:	Killed in Action, Sinai Peninsula, Palestine, 7 August 1916, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Frances War Memorial, Jerusalem Memorial, Kupunn HB1, Naracoorte and District Town Hall Honour Board WW1

16 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 916, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 916, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
7 Aug 1916:	Involvement Trooper, 916, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 916 awm_unit: 11 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1916-08-07
Date unknown:	Wounded 916, 11th Light Horse Regiment

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Son of Daneil BARRETT and Mary Elizabeth Jane nee SMITH

Enlisted 10 March 1915 in Dalby, Qld.

Served in Gallipoli and Egypt