Detail victim

Name GARBUTT
Initials J
First name JOSEPH
Place of birth Meryla
Country New South Wales, Australia
Last residence P.O. Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia
Family Son of Joseph Garbutt and Margaret Vidler, of Meryla, Moss Vale, New South Wales, the fifth of nine children. The father of Joseph immigrated to Australia from Yorkshire in 1861.
Profession railway signalman

Place & date of enlistment 3 December 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Service number 1879
Rank Gunner
Medals 1914-1915 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regiment and unit 10th Brigade Australian Field Artillery
Army - Corps - Division 4th Australian Division
National force A.I.F.
Other data related to military career Enlisted in the 1st Light Horse Regiment, 13 Reinforcements; embarked from Sydney on 20 December 1915; contracted mumps on the voyage; rejoined unit on 1 March 1916; embarked for France May 1916; transferred to 10 Field Artillery Brigade and posted to 110 Battery; gunshot wound in left heel, April 1917; returned to duty on 1 July 1917.

Wounded 29 September
Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds and compound fractures to both legs; N°10 CCS
Date of death 1 October 1917
Died at the age of 27
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - C - 6