About Charles Leslie Barrett
Lived 1879 – 1959 (aged 79). Charles Leslie Barrett was an Australian ornithologist.
Charles Leslie Barrett (26 June 1879 – 16 January 1959) was an Australian naturalist, journalist, author, and ornithologist.
Born in Hawthorn, Victoria, he was a foundation member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) in 1901 and editor of its journal the Emu, 1910–1916. He also wrote for Walkabout. In 1953, he was awarded the Australian Natural History Medallion.
Charles Barrett also served in the AIF during World War 1. He embarked from Melbourne in May 1917 as a member of a contingent of reinforcements for the Camel Field Ambulance Unit, and served in Egypt and Palestine. His 1942 book, "On the Wallaby. Quest and adventure in many lands" contains an account and photographs of this mission.
His son Donald moved to Papua and New Guinea, where he served as a member of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly.
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Who was Charles Leslie Barrett?
Australian naturalist, writer and ornithologist
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Charles Leslie Barrett was born on 26 June 1879.
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Charles Leslie Barrett died on 16 January 1959.
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Charles Leslie Barrett was an ornithologist.
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Charles Leslie Barrett was Australian.
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