BARNATT, George Robert
| Service Number: | 1062 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Launching Place, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Boarding School, England |
| Occupation: | Farmers Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery To be rededicated on 19 July 2024 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1062, Depot Battalion | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1062, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1062, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1062, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by VWM Australia
Private George Robert Barnatt has been found and identified along with 6 others in 2024. His remains were discovered in 2007 but only recently with the use of DNA and forensic evidence has he been positively identified.
Private Barnatt will have his headstone rededicated on the anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles on 19 July 2024.
Of the Barnatt brothers, 3 served in the Great War. Pte George Robert Barnatt served with the AIF while younger brothers Walter Frederick and Arthur Ernest Barnett served with British forces on the Western Front.
Corporal Walter Frederick Barnatt served with the Royal Field Artillery, he was Killed In Action on 17 November 1916. Lance Corporal Arthur Ernest Barnatt served with the Scots Guards, he survived the war and died in 1956.
Lest We Forget
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