Barrett-Lennard, Douglas (Driver, b.? - d.1915)

Collection relating to service of 1879 Driver Douglas Barrett-Lennard, 3 Field Artillery Brigade, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection includes handwritten copies of Barrett-Lennard's letters to family members and handwritten copies of condolence letters to Barrett-Lennard's family. Copies of letters made in 1928 in response to request by Australian War Memorial. Location of originals unknown.

As a whole, this collection (albeit copies only) demonstrates comradeship and expresses opinions on the honour of dying in battle. Condolence letters also provide a good description of artillery action and of an honourable death. The initiation of a request for a memorial to Barrett-Lennard to his old school is also noteworthy for its immediacy.

Biographical note: 1879 Driver Douglas Barrett-Lennard, 3 Australian Field Artillery Brigade, AIF. Killed in action, Gallipoli, 17 July 1915. Son of George and Amy Barrett-Lennard, of Comares, North Rd., West Guildford, Western Australia. Native of St. Leonard's, Swan, Western Australia.

AWM93 0012/0005/0098 relates to an account of the incident in which Barrett-Lennard and Stanley Carter were killed 17 July 1915 on Gallipoli at their gun. AWM 43 A52 contains some correspondence relating to Barrett-Lennard. Barrett-Lennard travelled aboard the Medic according to AWM8 Embarkation roll 13/31/1 FAB.

• Letters from Douglas Barrett-Lennard to his parents, 1914-1915
• Letters and newspaper clipping relating to the death of Douglas Barrett-Lennard, 1915