Arthur Reginald Barrett

Arthur Reginald Barrett

Personal Information
Date of Birth	29 Aug 1899
Place of Birth	London, England
Age at Enlistment	18 years, 2 months
Description	5'6¼" (1.m) tall ; 120lbs 54.431 kg ; fair complexion ; blue eyes ; brown hair
Occupation	Window dresser
Religion	Church of England
Address	'Beechwort', Station road, Gosnells, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Father , Mr Frederick Barrett
Military Information
Reg Number	23021
Date of Enlistment	25 Oct 1917
Rank	Sapper
Unit/Formation	1st Australian & New Zealand Wireless Signal Station
Date of Embarkation	14 Sep 1918 ‒ 23 Oct 1918
Ship Embarked On	SS Port Darwin
Date of Embarkation	17 Oct 1918 ‒ 28 Oct 1918
Ship Embarked On	HMT Eqra
Date of Return	5 Nov 1919 ‒ 11 Nov 1919
Ship Returned On	SS Varela
Date of Return	1 Dec 1919 ‒ 22 Dec 1919
Ship Returned On	HMAT A7 Medic
Monument	Gosnells RSL Honour Board
Medals	British War Medal Victory Medal

War Service

Following basic training in WA, and after a period of leave from 12 - 17 Jan 1918, Arthur was sent to the Army Signals School at Moore Park in New South Wales. On 7 Feb 1918 became a member of the Wireless Station reinforcement draft for Mesopotamia. On 3 Sep 1918 he was admitted to the Field Hospital in Liverpool New South Wales with influenza, and was discharged on 5 Sep 1918.

The reinforcements embarked from Sydney on the SS Port Darwin, transhipped at Bombay in India and disembarked at Egra Basrah (Iraq) on 23 Oct 1918 from HMT Eqra. On arrival he entered camp at Margil, before joining his unit in Baghdad on 16 Nov 1918.

On 14 Dec 1918 he was admitted to the 31st Stationary Hospital in Baghdad with dysentry, and was discharged to duty on 30 Dec 1918. Admitted to hospital again on 23 Sep 1919 at Zakho, and was released on 1 Oct 1919.

Discharged by 5th Military District on 6 Jan 1920.