Archie Barwick

Archie Albert Barwick
Born7 March 1890
Colebrook, Tasmania
Died28 January 1966 (aged 75)
Uralla, New South Wales
AllegianceAustralia/ British Empire
Service / branchFirst Australian Imperial Force
Years of service1914–1919
RankSergeant
Service number914[1]
Unit1st Battalion
Battles / wars
AwardsBelgian Croix de Guerre[2]

Archie Albert Barwick (7 March 1890 – 28 January 1966) was an Australian farmer and soldier known for his diaries of World War I. His set of diaries are recognised as one of the most extensive and well written first hand accounts of military service in World War I.[3][4][according to whom?]

  1. ^ "First World War Embarkation Rolls – Archie Albert Barwick". Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Barwick, Archie (2013). In great spirits: the WWI diary of Archie Barwick. Sydney South: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 9780732297183.
  4. ^ Cochrane, Peter (6 April 2011). "Oh God what a fight". The Australian. Nationwide News Pty Limited. Retrieved 25 July 2014.