BARBY, Sydney
| Service Numbers: | V4339, VX66509 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Dental Units - Army WW2 |
| Born: | Foxhow, Victoria, Australia, 14 April 1903 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | Maiden Gully, Victoria, Australia, 4 April 1979, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Eaglehawk Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Saint Albans Concord Division Order of the Sons of Temperance Honour Roll WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 15 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V4339 | |
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| 6 May 1941: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Dental Units - Army WW2 | |
| 8 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, VX66509 | |
| 28 May 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX66509, Dental Units - Army WW2, embarked Sydney for Port Moresby on board 2/2 Hospital Ship | |
| 12 Feb 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX66509, Dental Units - Army WW2, emplaned Port Moresby for Milne Bay | |
| 15 Jan 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, VX66509, Dental Units - Army WW2, embarked Buna for Sydney on board Duntroon | |
| 12 May 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, VX66509 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Staff Sergeant Sydney Barby (Service Nos:V4339/VX66509) initially served in the ACMF as a Private - posted as Orderley then Dental Mechanic - from 15 July 1940 to 7 January 1942 and was attached to Dental Club and Dental Clinics at Seymour and Bendigo Racecourse. Promoted to Corporal on 6 May 1941, he enlsied in the AIF on 8 January 1942 and was attached to 11th AA Battery Yallourn during that year. On 28 May 1942, Corporal Barby was attached to 81 Dental Unit when he embarked with his Unit from Sydney for Port Moresby on board 2/2 Hospital Ship. Promoted to Staff Sergeant, he served with 2/7 Dental Unit in Buna and was Discharged on 12 May 1944 (Medically Unfit for Service).
Syd was born in Foxhow, Victoria in 1903, fifth of ten children of John (Jack) William Barby (b1863 in Inverleigh, Victoria) and Jane Dunn (b1877 at Leigh Creek via Moorabool, Victoria). Jack was a Labourer in 1893 when he and Jane married in Foxhow, where they lived and Jack was a Labourer. The family moved to Lismore and then Colac, where Jack worked as a Labourer and Farmer.
Syd started work in Geelong as a Labourer, and in the 1930s was a Transport/Motor Lorry Driver for the VGR. In 1931 he married Eunice Grace Rilen (b1907 in Castlemaine, Victoria) - Eunice was a Weaver in Geelong. They settled in Geelong where they raised their family and Syd worked for the Railways as a Porter. He enlisted in the Army in 1940 and, following his Discharge, he and Eunice lived in Cobden, Healesville, Laverton, Burrumbeet, Avoca, Werribee and Newcobe. Syd worked for the Victorian Railways - as Porter and Assistant Station Manager - until retirement in the late 1960s. Syd and Eunice then settled at Maiden Gully via Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Victoria, where Syd died in 1979. Eunice died in 1987.
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