Charles Leslie Barrett, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian naturalist, writer and ornithologist
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About Charles Leslie Barrett
- 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.
- In 1953 he was awarded the Australian Natural History Medallion. Charles Barrett also served in the AIF during the Great War.
- 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.
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