#756B - Pte. 20th Infantry Battalion AIF
Enlisted with his TWIN brother John Joseph - they served together - they died together in France. Their older brother #759 Pte. William Edward Barton, 42nd infantry Battalion AIF also served and survived the Great War.
"Mr. Barton has received the following letter from Sergeant Carrington: — Lady Derby's War Hospital, Warmington, Lancashire, September 15, 1918.
Dear Sir, — Just a few lines. You will long ere this have been informed of Dan's death (killed in action.) Being his platoon sergeant it occurred to me you would like to hear from someone at hand how his end came. It was on the night of Friday, 30th August; we had taken a trench from the Hun, which was littered with his dead, he having fallen back on a trench some 50 yards back, where he kept up occasional bursts of machine gun fire, interspersed with half-hearted attempts to bomb us out, but only with loss to himself. As nearly as I can estimate, it was about 3.30 a.m. on the morning of 31st August that Dan caught it in the head while standing to the Lewis Gun repelling one of these assaults. Jack, his brother, was only a few yards away, and strangely enough at the time I felt more concerned about Jack's feelings than the actual occurrence. Dan was killed instantly, and as I was at the time alternately distributing rations and pushing the enemy back. I lost touch with what was done with his body, as we went over the top and advanced about 4000 yards precisely at 5 a.m., killing a great many and taking a large number of prisoners. When reorganising at Mount St. Quentin, I was informed that young Jack had been wounded. Shortly after I got a machine gun bullet in the shoulder, but managed to walk out. It is some consolation to know what I, or what we all thought, of Dan, also Jack. Both were to be depended on at all times, and it is not too much to say that everybody loved them. I happened to go to France with the same draft in April, consequently I saw a good deal of them. Dan had a true soldier's end, but I trust that Jack is not seriously wounded. I think the war can't last much longer the way they are going. I trust that you will soon have Jack back with you again. — I am, yours sincerely. CHAS. CARRINGTON, Sgt." - Brisbane Catholic Advocate, Thursday 27 February 1919, page 18
Enlisted with his TWIN brother John Joseph - they served together - they died together in France. Their older brother #759 Pte. William Edward Barton, 42nd infantry Battalion AIF also served and survived the Great War.
"Mr. Barton has received the following letter from Sergeant Carrington: — Lady Derby's War Hospital, Warmington, Lancashire, September 15, 1918.
Dear Sir, — Just a few lines. You will long ere this have been informed of Dan's death (killed in action.) Being his platoon sergeant it occurred to me you would like to hear from someone at hand how his end came. It was on the night of Friday, 30th August; we had taken a trench from the Hun, which was littered with his dead, he having fallen back on a trench some 50 yards back, where he kept up occasional bursts of machine gun fire, interspersed with half-hearted attempts to bomb us out, but only with loss to himself. As nearly as I can estimate, it was about 3.30 a.m. on the morning of 31st August that Dan caught it in the head while standing to the Lewis Gun repelling one of these assaults. Jack, his brother, was only a few yards away, and strangely enough at the time I felt more concerned about Jack's feelings than the actual occurrence. Dan was killed instantly, and as I was at the time alternately distributing rations and pushing the enemy back. I lost touch with what was done with his body, as we went over the top and advanced about 4000 yards precisely at 5 a.m., killing a great many and taking a large number of prisoners. When reorganising at Mount St. Quentin, I was informed that young Jack had been wounded. Shortly after I got a machine gun bullet in the shoulder, but managed to walk out. It is some consolation to know what I, or what we all thought, of Dan, also Jack. Both were to be depended on at all times, and it is not too much to say that everybody loved them. I happened to go to France with the same draft in April, consequently I saw a good deal of them. Dan had a true soldier's end, but I trust that Jack is not seriously wounded. I think the war can't last much longer the way they are going. I trust that you will soon have Jack back with you again. — I am, yours sincerely. CHAS. CARRINGTON, Sgt." - Brisbane Catholic Advocate, Thursday 27 February 1919, page 18
#756B - Pte. 20th Infantry Battalion AIF
Enlisted with his TWIN brother John Joseph - they served together - they died together in France. Their older brother #759 Pte. William Edward Barton, 42nd infantry Battalion AIF also served and survived the Great War.
"Mr. Barton has received the following letter from Sergeant Carrington: — Lady Derby's War Hospital, Warmington, Lancashire, September 15, 1918.
Dear Sir, — Just a few lines. You will long ere this have been informed of Dan's death (killed in action.) Being his platoon sergeant it occurred to me you would like to hear from someone at hand how his end came. It was on the night of Friday, 30th August; we had taken a trench from the Hun, which was littered with his dead, he having fallen back on a trench some 50 yards back, where he kept up occasional bursts of machine gun fire, interspersed with half-hearted attempts to bomb us out, but only with loss to himself. As nearly as I can estimate, it was about 3.30 a.m. on the morning of 31st August that Dan caught it in the head while standing to the Lewis Gun repelling one of these assaults. Jack, his brother, was only a few yards away, and strangely enough at the time I felt more concerned about Jack's feelings than the actual occurrence. Dan was killed instantly, and as I was at the time alternately distributing rations and pushing the enemy back. I lost touch with what was done with his body, as we went over the top and advanced about 4000 yards precisely at 5 a.m., killing a great many and taking a large number of prisoners. When reorganising at Mount St. Quentin, I was informed that young Jack had been wounded. Shortly after I got a machine gun bullet in the shoulder, but managed to walk out. It is some consolation to know what I, or what we all thought, of Dan, also Jack. Both were to be depended on at all times, and it is not too much to say that everybody loved them. I happened to go to France with the same draft in April, consequently I saw a good deal of them. Dan had a true soldier's end, but I trust that Jack is not seriously wounded. I think the war can't last much longer the way they are going. I trust that you will soon have Jack back with you again. — I am, yours sincerely. CHAS. CARRINGTON, Sgt." - Brisbane Catholic Advocate, Thursday 27 February 1919, page 18
Enlisted with his TWIN brother John Joseph - they served together - they died together in France. Their older brother #759 Pte. William Edward Barton, 42nd infantry Battalion AIF also served and survived the Great War.
"Mr. Barton has received the following letter from Sergeant Carrington: — Lady Derby's War Hospital, Warmington, Lancashire, September 15, 1918.
Dear Sir, — Just a few lines. You will long ere this have been informed of Dan's death (killed in action.) Being his platoon sergeant it occurred to me you would like to hear from someone at hand how his end came. It was on the night of Friday, 30th August; we had taken a trench from the Hun, which was littered with his dead, he having fallen back on a trench some 50 yards back, where he kept up occasional bursts of machine gun fire, interspersed with half-hearted attempts to bomb us out, but only with loss to himself. As nearly as I can estimate, it was about 3.30 a.m. on the morning of 31st August that Dan caught it in the head while standing to the Lewis Gun repelling one of these assaults. Jack, his brother, was only a few yards away, and strangely enough at the time I felt more concerned about Jack's feelings than the actual occurrence. Dan was killed instantly, and as I was at the time alternately distributing rations and pushing the enemy back. I lost touch with what was done with his body, as we went over the top and advanced about 4000 yards precisely at 5 a.m., killing a great many and taking a large number of prisoners. When reorganising at Mount St. Quentin, I was informed that young Jack had been wounded. Shortly after I got a machine gun bullet in the shoulder, but managed to walk out. It is some consolation to know what I, or what we all thought, of Dan, also Jack. Both were to be depended on at all times, and it is not too much to say that everybody loved them. I happened to go to France with the same draft in April, consequently I saw a good deal of them. Dan had a true soldier's end, but I trust that Jack is not seriously wounded. I think the war can't last much longer the way they are going. I trust that you will soon have Jack back with you again. — I am, yours sincerely. CHAS. CARRINGTON, Sgt." - Brisbane Catholic Advocate, Thursday 27 February 1919, page 18
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Private, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Age: Unknown.
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