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Dvr. Douglas Barrett-Lennard. Photographer source,  AWM H19322
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Barrett-Lennard,

Douglas

Driver. 8th Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade. SN 1879. KIA Gallipoli 17.7.1915. Age 21 years

Date Enlisted 23/09/1914
Service Number SN 1879
Age of Enlistment 20 years 4 months
Place of Enlistment Blackboy Hill, WA
Place of Birth St Lennard, West Swan, WA
Previous Military Experience Nil
Occupation Farmer
Marital Status Single
Religion Church of England
School Attended Guildford Grammar School
Address History St Lennards, near Guildford, WA (Father - George Barrett Lennard)
Cause of Death or Invalided
KIA (Killed in Action)

Military History


Embarked Fremantle per HT ‘Medic’ A7 for Egypt 2.11.1914 (also listed 31.10.1914).
Roll Rank Driver.
Roll Unit 8th Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.
Barrett-Lennard disembarked with the 8th Battery, Field Artillery Brigade at Alexandria 20.1.1915. They joined Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and embarked at Alexandria for Gallipoli. The Battery landed with guns on the second day of the invasion, however, the unsuitable ground resulted in the guns being returned to the ships. In May, the guns were again landed and hauled into position. They were withdrawn in December with the evacuation.
Barrett-Lennard was KIA 17.7.1915. He was buried by Dean Talbot, by the 8th Battery Artillery Stables, at ANZAC on the South Side of the building 1, Grave 3, 17.7.1915 (Victoria Gully). The gravesite was located ½ mile south of Anzac Cove. The site was also known as the ’8th Battery Cemetery’. His remains were reinterred to Shell Green Cemetery, Plot 2, Row K, Grave 27.
Final Rank Driver, 8th Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.
Medical Condition Deceased, KIA.
Awards and Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Notes On 17th July the No 1 gun was hit, killing Driver D. Barrett-Lennard, of Guildford, Western Australia and Gunner S. Carter, of Fremantle, Western Australia. The resultant letter by McClarty about this incident, and later poem '8th Battery' or 'How The Men of The Battery Died', received international publicity and contributed to the legend of the bravery and mateship of the Anzacs.
His Mother moved to ‘Comares’, North Road, Bassendean, WA 1917 after his father’s death. A tablet was unveiled at Upper Swan Church to his memory (West Australian Newspaper 18.7.1916). A memorial tablet of marble was placed in the All Saints Church at Upper Swan in his memory.
Photograph Driver Barrett-Lennard . Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM H19322,
                    
  D. Barrett -Lennard. Sunday Times 19.9.1915
                      HMAT 'Medic' 1914. Photographer Hood, Samuel J. Photograph source AWM H19319
                      Artillery at Shellgreen Gallipoli 1915. Photograph donor Lt.-Col. A.M. Martyn, photograph source AWM J02600
                      Cemetery at Shellgreen. Photograph donor Lt.-Col. A.M. Martyn, photograph source AWM J0260

Information Source
AWM H19322. Driver Barrett-Lennard . Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the  The Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM J02600. Artillery at Shellgreen Gallipoli 1915. Photograph donor Lt.-Col. A.M. Martyn, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM J0260 Cemetery at Shellgreen. Photograph donor Lt.-Col. A.M. Martyn, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
Australian War Memorial Embarkation Roll, Douglas Barrett-Lennard
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Douglas Barrett-Lennard
Guildford Grammar School War Memorial
Guildford Grammar School Honour Roll
NAA: B2455, Barrett- Lennard D 1879
Sunday Times
West Australian Newspaper


St Lennards, Swan Valley, near Guildford, WA.
 

Associated Images


Memorial Cross for Dvr. D Barrett-Lennard 1915. Image AWM H19322A.
HMAT 'Medic' 1914. Photographer Hood, Samuel J. Photograph source AWM H19319
HMAT 'Medic' 1914. Photographer Hood, Samuel J. Photograph source AWM H19319
Artillery at Shellgreen Gallipoli 1915. Photograph donor Lt.-Col. A.M. Martyn, photograph source AWM J02600
Artillery at Shellgreen Gallipoli 1915. Photograph donor Lt.-Col. A.M. Martyn, photograph source AWM J02600
Cemetery at Shellgreen. Photograph donor Lt.-Col. A.M. Martyn, photograph source AWM J0260
Cemetery at Shellgreen. Photograph donor Lt.-Col. A.M. Martyn, photograph source AWM J0260