George Francis Comb Barnett (SN 2134) was a 25 year old labourer from Hertford Street Sebastopol when he enlisted in February 1916. He trained first with the 19th Depot Battalion at Geelong then as a reinforcement for the 46th Battalion. He sailed from Australia on August 16th aboard the Orontes, reaching England on October 2nd. The following month he joined his battalion in France. On April 11th 1917 he was wounded in action, suffering gunshot wounds to his forearm and right leg. His leg wound was severe, with both the tibia and fibula being fractured. He was evacuated to hospital in Rouen, then to the Southern General Hospital at Edgbaston in England where it was decided he was unfit for active service. He departed from England on November 25th 1917, aboard the Karoola, disembarking at Melbourne on January 10th 1918. In August of 1918 he was discharged as ‘medically unfit’. He died in February 1968, aged 78.