BARRATT, Allan
| Service Number: | 6462 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Allendale, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Motor driver |
| Died: | Pneumonia, United Kingdom, 30 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire Grave 143, Durrington Cemetery, Durrington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clunes War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6462, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6462, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6462, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 30 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6462, 6th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Aged just 21 years, Allen Barratt enlisted in the AIF on 28 August 1916.
He embarked overseas on 2 October and arrived in Plymouth, England on 14 November, where he joined the 2nd (Brigade’s) Training Battalion at Fovant, Wiltshire later that month.
During his time in the training camp, he contracted pneumonia and was hospitalised at the Military Hospital at Fargo, Wiltshire, where he later died of his illness on 30 December 1916.
He was buried two days later at Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire on 1 January 1917.
Source: Extract from "Clunes Soldiers Memorial Panel" by Robert Wight, June 2022.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 30th December…… Allan Barratt was born at Allandale, Victoria in 1895.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 28th August, 1916 as a 21 year old, single, Motor Driver from 11 Stewart Street, Upper Hawthorn, Victoria.
Private Allan Barratt, Service number 6462, embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Nestor (A71) on 2nd October, 1916 with the 6th Infantry Battalion, 21st Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 14th November, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 21st November, 1916 Private Barratt was marched out to Fovant, Wiltshire. He was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, Durrington on 26th December, 1916.
He was reported as dangerously & seriously ill on 27th December, 1916.
Private Allan Barratt died of Pneumonia on 30th December, 1916 at Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England.
He was buried in Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire, England where 140 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/a---c1.html
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