Diary of an Australian Soldier, The
Barrett, Captain Keith J.
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- x, 110, xi-xxiiip.World War, 1914-1918 — Personal narratives, Australian.
- Captain K J Barrett fell at the Western Front, 1917
- On April 13 he commanded a company sup-supporting his battalion in an advance, and,although wounded early in the attack, he remained in command, and led the companythrough three hostile barrages, a distance ofover 1,700 yards across the open. His woundwas in the face, and, though unable tospeak, he continued to issue his orders inwriting.
- Wear to top and bottom of spine cover, presentation slip “With the Compliments of Sir James Barrett”” [ His father ]