Completed Arthur Barnett

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Private 3691 Arthur Barnett
Abt 1886 -18/6/1918 (32)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... ett-arthur

Dob abt 1886
Dob abt 1886
Arthur Barnett
Registration Date 1883
Quarter of the Year Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Place West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England
Volume 6b
Page 769

Baptism -

Parents
Councillor Samuel Barnett & Lavinia Haley or Hadley

Parents Marriage
Worcestershire Quinton Christchurch
Register type Other Transcript
Register entry number 490
Marriage date 4 Dec 1882
Groom forename Samuel
Groom surname BARNETT
Groom age 27
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation traveller
Groom abode Hill
Bride forename Lavinia
Bride surname HALEY or HADLEY
Bride age 27
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode Hill
Groom father forename John
Groom father surname BARNETT
Groom father occupation traveller
Bride father forename Thomas
Bride father surname HALEY
Bride father occupation dealer
Witness1 David DETHERIDGE
Witness2 Elizabeth BAKER

1891 ??

1901 1 Tividale Road, Tipton, Staffs.
Relationship
Samuel Barnett 47 Head Brick Manufacturer
Louisa Barnett 48 Wife
Rose Barnett 25 Daughter
Gertie Barnett 14 Daughter
William Barnett 23 Son Brickyard manager
Joseph Barnett 21 Son Brickyard Clerk
Thomas Barnett 19 Son Auctioneer's Clerk
Arthur Barnett 17 Son
Bert Barnett 15 Son
Mary Healey 25 Niece Tipton
Lizzie Gamton 23 Servant Brewood

1911 The Orchards, Tividale Road, Tipton, Staffs.
Samuel Barnett (56, Brick Manufacturer, born Tipton) and his wife Louisa (58, born Tipton) and 3 of their 7 children: Joseph (30, Assistant in Business, born Tipton), Bert (25, Assistant in Business, born Tipton), Gertrude Barnett (24, at home, born Tipton).
Arthur was not living with his parents, possibly having emigrated by 1911.

WW1 Records
Private 3691 Arthur Barnett
Killed in Action on Sunday, 18th June 1916, age 32.
Buried in Grave I. A. 25. at Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Pas De Calais, France.
3rd Bn., Australian Infantry A.I.F.
Son of Councillor S Barnett, The Orchards, Tividale Road, Tipton, Staffs.
Born: Oldbury, Enlisted: Sydney, Australia, Resident: Sydney, Australia.
First landed Egypt, 17th March 1916.
Medal entitlement: British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives survived and transcribed.
His occupation was clerk, but had previously been apprentice to the Borough Surveyor (in Tipton), and his father, Samuel Barnett, was identified as next of kin.
Arthur was admitted to hospital on 29th May suffering from influenza, and after a spell in the Divisional Rest Station was discharged to duty on 5th June 1916. Arthur was killed just 2 weeks later.

Dod 18/6/1918 (32) KIA France

Buried in Grave I. A. 25. at Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Pas De Calais, France.

www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/291519/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/561 ... ur-barnett

Commemorated on the Barnett St. George Memorial, previously in St. Michael's Church, now lost. (See Tipton Remembers website)

Any other info
Arthur was the son of Samuel Barnett, a local business 'magnate' with interests in mining and brick making, also finding time to be a local Councillor. Arthur emigrated, probably before 1911, first to Philadelphia, in the United States, and then in 1915 to Sydney, Australia where he enlisted with the Australian Army.

Tipton Herald 24th June 1916
ANOTHER LOCAL MAN FALLS IN ACTION.
A large circle of friends will hear with much regret of the death of Private Arthur Barnett, son of Mr and Mrs S Barnett, of "The Orchards", Burnt Tree. Intimation of his death came to his parents on Thursday from the Army Chaplain. Private Barnett, it appears, who was attached to the Australian Imperial Forces, had attended Church parade, and had got back into the trenches when he was fatally wounded by a shell. Private Barnett went to Australia some months before the war, and soon after that took place he joined the Expeditionary Force and had for some time been in the fighting line. While in Dudley, Private Barnett was a prominent member of the Cricket Club, and was one of the best bats of the Second XI. Much sympathy is felt for his parents and family in their sad bereavement.
Also
Roll of Honour
BARNETT - (Australian Imperial Forces). Killed in Action on June 18th, Private Arthur, third son of Mr and Mrs S. Barnett, "The Orchards", Tipton.
Tipton Herald 12th August 1916 (inc photo)
THE DEATH OF PRIVATE ARTHUR BARNETT
The above is a photo of Private Arthur Barnett, son of Councillor S. Barnett, and brother of Councillor W. Barnett, of Burnt Tree, Tipton, who was killed in France whilst serving with the Australian Forces (as previously announced). Private Barnett was articled to Mr W.H. Jukes, surveyor of Tipton, and subsequently became assistant engineer to the Midland Tramway Company in Birmingham. Upon the Corporation taking over the service he went to America as draughtsman in a large ironworks in Philadelphia. He subsequently went to Australia, and had only been there a few months before war broke out. Private Barnett was a popular young man in the district, a first class cricketer, and a good all-round sportsman. A friend, writing of him, says: "You have played the game straight, sturdy, merry and bright "sport" right up to the end, and your many pals miss you and mourn you."

Tipton Herald 28th April 1917
On Sunday morning (April 29th) the memorial to Private Arthur Barnett in St Michaels, Tividale, will be dedicated.

Tipton Herald 5th May 1917
ST. MICHAEL'S, TIVIDALE
DEDICATION OF A MEMORIAL
On Sunday morning last - previous to the choral celebration of the Holy Eucharist - there was an impressive ceremony in the North Aisle of St. Michael's Church, Tividale. The Vicar (Rev. Wynn-Griffiths), the choir, and the churchwardens proceeded to the handsome work of art placed in the church to the memory of Private Arthur Barnett, who fell in action. There the Vicar read simple, but appropriate prayers "to the glory of God and St. George of England, in loving memory of Private Arthur Barnett." The figure of St. George (in full armour with lance and shield) is a very tasteful work of art, and bears the following inscription:-
St George of England
RIP
To the Glory of God and St. George of England.
In loving memory of Private Arthur
Barnett, Australian Imperial Forces,
third son of Samuel Barnett, of The
Orchards, Tipton, who was killed in
action in France fighting for his
Country on Sunday, June 18th 1916,
aged 32 years.
Jesu Mercy !

The family of the gallant soldier, and a number of his companions (principally of the Dudley Cricket Club) were present. The appropriate hymns "The fight is o'er" and "Fight the good fight" were sung. The Vicar, at the close of an able sermon on the sorrows of life, made a touching allusion to the late Private Barnett, who, he said, had a smile and a cheery word for all with whom he came into contact, and whose death was a great sorrow to a very large circle of friends.
The above photograph was taken by Mrs C Lambert, of Barnett Street, Tividale.

Tipton Herald 16th June 1917
In Memoriam.
BARNETT - In loving memory of Arthur, fourth son of Mr and Mrs S Barnett, "Orchards", Tipton, killed in action June 18th 1916. Deeply mourned by all. RIP.

Tipton Herald 11th May 1918
THE LATE SAMUEL BARNETT
It came as quite a tragic shock to many people during last week end to learn that Mr Samuel Barnett, the well known brick manufacturer, of "The Orchards" Tividale Road, Tipton, had succumbed from injuries received the previous Wednesday by being thrown out of his trap near the Boat Inn, Tividale. He sustained serious injuries, including a fractured pelvis and concussion of the brain. The injuries prevented him from assimilating nourishment, and he succumbed from exhaustion. He leaves a widow and grown-up family to mourn his loss. His third son, Arthur, died from wounds received in 1916 in the Great War. The late Mr Barnett had a highly successful business career, and was distinguished by considerable shrewdness. One of the enterprises very early associated with his name - the Rattlechain Brick Works - is a familiar landmark to travellers on the line between Dudley Port and Oldbury railway stations. He was, at the time of his death, a member of the Rowley Regis Council and Education Committee, and was formerly on the Tipton District Council.

Tipton Herald 22nd June 1918
In Memoriam.
BARNETT - In loving memory of Arthur Barnett, Australian Expeditionary Force, killed in action France June 18th 1916.

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