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Rex Battarbee

Details:

Title

Rex Battarbee,

Name

Rex Battarbee,

Also known as

Battarbee, Reginald Ernest,

Collection

Returned ANZACs, Territory ANZACs, First World War, 1914-1918,

Place of birth

Warrnambool (Vic.),

Place of enlistment

Warrnambool (Vic.),

Date of enlistment

1916-01-28,

Age

22,

Occupation

Farmer,

Service

Australian Imperial Force,

Unit

58th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement,

Rank

Private,

Service number

2616,

Next of kin

George Edward Battarbee - Father ; Warrnambool, Vic.,

Date of death

1973-09-03,

Place of death

Alice Springs,

Biographical notes

Battarbee first came to Central Australia in 1923 and returned a number of times in order to paint landscapes. On this 1936 trip he taught Albert Namatjira how to use watercolours. Battarbee formed the Arunta Arts Council in 1951.,

History

Battarbee's unit embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT A71 'Nestor' on 2 October 1916. After sustaining severe injuries, Battarbee returned to Australia in November 1917.,

Subject

Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, History, World War, 1914-1918, Northern Territory, ANZAC,

Related links

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3057399, http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067729%5CRCDIG1067729--66-.JPG, http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1558275/, http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/23/75/, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/5981629, http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067729%5CRCDIG1067729--66-.JPG/ [Embarkation Roll], http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/23/75/ [Unit War Diary], http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3057399 [Service Record], http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1558275/ [Nominal Roll], http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/5981629 [Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography edited by David Carment. Darwin : Charles Darwin University Press, 2008.],

Parent handle

http://hdl.handle.net/10070/226496,