Burnett Albert (Barney) EVERDING

EVERDING , Burnett Albert

Service Number: 4392
Enlisted: 14 October 1916, 18th Reinforcements
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
Born: Waloon, Queensland, Australia, 2 April 1883
Home Town: Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Cleveland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australial, 17 January 1944, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld
Memorials: Bundamba War Memorial
Show Relationships

World War 1 Service

14 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4392, 25th Infantry Battalion, 18th Reinforcements
17 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 4392, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
17 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 4392, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
15 Jun 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion
15 Oct 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion, GSW - France
9 Dec 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4392, 15th Infantry Battalion, per Leicestershire
28 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4392, 15th Infantry Battalion

Help us honour Burnett Albert Everding 's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Barney (born Ferdinand Albert AKA Burnett Albert) was the third of six children of Albert Christe Everding (born 1848 in Germany) and Auguste (Agnes) Eggert (born 1849 in Germany). August immigrated to Brisbane, QLD in 1871, on board the John Bertram and Agnes arrived in 1866 on board the Cesar Goddefroy. August (a Labourer) was working in Dalby, QLD in 1877 when he married Agnes in Brisbane, QLD. August and Agnes lived in Waloon, Ipswich and Brisbane, where August was a Tobacconist, Hairdresser and Boardinghouse Keeper.

Barney was a Labourer in Ipswich, QLD when he enlisted in the AIF in 1916. He served as a Private (Service No:4392) with 18th/25th Infantry Battalion, 31st Infantry Battalion and 15th Infantry Battalion in France. Barney was WiA in 1917 (GSW to his eye) and was Discharged in 1919. Brother Christopher (Service No:5331) also served in WWI.

In 1919 Barney married Lucy Davies (nee Titie, born 1885 in Ipswich, QLD). Barney and Lucy settled in Ipswich, where Barney was a Labourer before relocating to Cleveland in Redland Bay in the early 1940s. Barney died in 1944 and Lucy in 1947.

Read more...