BARRETT, William
| Service Number: | 1061 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 25 January 1880 |
| Home Town: | Maryville, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Tighes Hill Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner and employee of the Wickham Municipal Council |
| Died: | Maryville, New South Wales, Australia, 24 March 1934, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW GENERAL-33. 20. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1061, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1061, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1061, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 30 Oct 1919: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, "The Last Hundred Days", Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31448 (11 July 1919); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 124 (30 October 1919). |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
90 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 26th March 1934, Private William Barrett (M.I.D.), 35th Battalion (Reg No-1061), miner and employee of the Wickham Municipal Council, from 37 Downie Street, Maryville (Smedmore), New South Wales and 46 McMichael Street, Maryville, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 54. GENERAL-33. 20. Not married.
Born at Wallsend, New South Wales on the 25th January 1880 to John, died 17.8.1920, Wickham, N.S.W., age 65, buried at ANGLICAN 1-13. 131, unmarked grave?, from Downie Street, Maryville (Smedmore), New South Wales and Devenie Street, Smedmore, N.S.W. and 6 Harrison Street, Smedmore, N.S.W., and Sidney Barrett, died 18.6.1932, Newcastle Hospital, N.S.W., age 73, sleeping at ANGLICAN 1-13. 131, unmarked grave?, mother of 6, of 46 McMichael Street, Maryville, N.S.W., Will enlisted on the 8th January 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Granted leave to England from 4.12.1917 to 18.12.1917.
Admitted to hospital 13.9.1918 (anaemia).
Mentioned in Despatches 16.3.1919.
Will arrived home on the 28th June 1919, being discharged on the 12th August 1919.
Mr. Barrett’s name has been inscribed on the Tighes Hill Public School Honor Roll, Tighes Hill Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Smedmore School of Arts Honour Roll, Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1) and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Will’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Younger brother Benjamin (born 30.8.1887, Lambton, N.S.W., miner from 37 Downie Street, Maryville (Smedmore), New South Wales and Devenie Street, Smedmore, N.S.W., enlisted 18.7.1915, 19th Battalion, Reg No-2569, admitted to hospital 13.11.1918 (influenza & pneumonia, severe), RTA 17.4.1919, died 20.7.1968, Raymond Terrace, N.S.W., age 80, not officially commemorated, also served 1st A.I.F.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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