KIRKWOOD, William Russell Barton
| Service Number: | 907 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Gladesville, Hunters Hill, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Drummoyne Public School |
| Occupation: | Farm Student |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 907, 19th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 907, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 907, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 24 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, 907, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Sep 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, 907, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 907, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 907 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
William Russell Barton KIRKWOOD was born in Concord NSW in 1892
His parents were David Simpson Roberts KIRKWOOD & Jane (Jennie) McCullock BARTON who married in Sydney in 1879
He enlisted in Liverpool, NSW on 2nd March, 1915 & embarked as a Sergeant with the 19th Infantry Battalion on 25th June, 1915 from Sydney on the HMAT Ceramic
He was wounded in Gallipoli on 24th August, 1915 & again in France on 29th September, 1916
He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 19th August, 1916 and as Lieutenant on 1st January, 1917
William was Killed in Action in France on 3rd May, 1917 - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers Bretonneux Memorial
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Brothers who also served during WW1
1. Phillip Barton KIRKWOOD (SN 604) Killed in Action on 19.5.1915
2. Noel Edmund KIRKWOOD Returned to Australia in 1918
3. John Barton KIRKWOOD (SN 2619) Returned to Australia in 1917
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