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Service Number: VX6604
Enlisted: 3 November 1939, Horsham, VIC
Last Rank: Private
Born: Norwood, SA, 30 June 1916
Home Town: Apsley, West Wimmera, Victoria
3 Nov 1939: Involvement Private, SN VX6604
3 Nov 1939: Enlisted Horsham, VIC
11 Jul 1945: Discharged
https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/people/613283?t=1480542014994&wizard-page-index=1
Contribution from Faye Barrett (daughter)
Contribution from Faye Barrett (daughter)
(1) here’s the link to Dad’s service record - BARRETT, Ronald Andrew -
http://honouringveterans.org/veteran.php?id=413556&t=ww2
(2) Dad was with the 2nd Australian Imperial Force and was an ambulance driver. Along with many other Australians and NZs, Dad was captured in Crete in May 1941. Dad was a Prisoner of War for three (3) years. The book “Journey to Captivity” by Charles Robinson (who was also in the 2nd AIF), printed by the Australian War Memorial Canberra 1991, discusses these POW experiences.
(3) Mum, a local Ballarat girl, met Dad while he was convalescing in Ballarat and after the war they lived in the then new sub-development of “Finchley Park” which is now part of Magill. I recently returned from the Ballarat POW Memorial, which was opened by General Cosgrove on 6 February 2004, and have included a photo (below) that I took of Dad’s name listed there - “R.A.Barrett”.
Virtual listing is at : http://www.powmemorialballarat.com.au/world-war-2-b.php(4) Dad’s war service is also recognised in the listing by the Australian Government, Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Garden of Remembrance, in Centennial Park Cemetery in Adelaide.http://www.dva.gov.au/commemorations-memorials-and-war-graves/cemeteries/gardens-remembrance
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Descendants of :
Gilbert BARRETT
Gilbert BARRETT
Gilbert BARRETT was born 14 Oct 1884 in Hog Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 31 Jul 1950 in Murray Bridge, SA. He married Annie Lilla PORTER 23 Apr 1908 in Terowie, SA. She was born 16 Aug 1886 in Kent Town, SA and died 26 Nov 1920 in Port Pirie, SA, daughter of Andrew Allen PORTER and Janet Agnes PATTERSON. He married Margaret Mary CARPENTER 23 Apr 1927 in Adelaide, SA. She was born 1885 and died 22 Apr 1952 in Waikerie, SA.
Children of Gilbert BARRETT and Annie Lilla PORTER:
i. Clive Gilbert Castine BARRETT was born 08 Oct 1908 in Hog Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 11 Nov 1986
ii. Clement BARRETT was born 06 Jul 1912 in Loxton, SA and died 08 Jul 1912 in Loxton, SA
iii. Ronald Andrew BARRETT was born 30 Jun 1916 in College Town, SA and died 12 Jun 1977 in Norwood, SA. He married June Estelle ALLAN 02 Oct 1946 in Ballarat, Victoria. She died 20 Mar 1988.
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