AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Barrett, Richard Walter

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Barrett ​

• FORENAME

Richard Walter ​

• UNIT

2/1 Independent Company ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

NX20493 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st July 1942 ​

• AGE

22 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rabaul Memorial, Papua New Guinea Panel 12 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 23.06.1919, Newcastle, New South Wales​

son of Walter and Alice Alma Barrett, 3 Robert Street, Mayfield, New South Wales​

single upon enlistment​

civilian trade - Bobbin winding​

05.06.1940 enlisted Paddington, New South Wales​

POW 2.2.1942 at sea​

lost when Japanese ship Montevideo Maru sunk by USS Sturgeon off Philippines ​

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