Regimental number | 778 |
Place of birth | Gre Gre Central, St Arnaud, Victoria |
Other Names | BARRATT, Alfred Herbert |
School | Gre Gre Central School |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farmer |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Height | 5' 8" |
Weight | 144 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, William Barrett, Trainor's Lagoon via St Arnaud, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | St Arnaud, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 22nd Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/39/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | Wimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VI, Row B, Grave 33A), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 172 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Spelled BARRATT on OWG Records. Parents: William and Mary Ann BARRATT. |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 779 Pte Edwin BARRETT, 2nd Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 22 August 1919; 2149 Pte John Leslie BARRATT, 46th Bn, died of wounds, 22 October 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Proceeded to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 30 August 1915; admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance, Gallipoli, 3 October 1915 (influenza); rejoined unit, 10 October 1915; after evacuating Gallipoli and proceeding to Mudros, he disembarked at Alexandria, 7 January 1916. Admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance, Tel-el-Kebir, 26 January 1916 (diarrhoea); rejoined unit, Canal Zone, 4 February 1916. Transferred to 2nd Pioneer Bn, Moascar, 11 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join British Expeditionary Force, 19 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 26 March 1916. To 2nd Army Rest Camp, 27 August 1917; rejoined unit, 8 September 1917. Wounded in action, Belgium, 29 September 1917; admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, 29 September 1917 (bomb wounds, legs, left arm, abdomen); transferred to 10th Casualty Clearing Station, 29 September 1917; to Ambulance Train, 1 October 1917; to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, France, 1 October 1917; died of wounds, 4 October 1917. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BARRETT Alfred Herbert |