Cyril Prosper BARRELL

BARRELL, Cyril Prosper

Service Number: NX14951
Enlisted: 15 May 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Canterbury, Sydney, NSW, 6 September 1909
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Sydney, New South Wales, 19 June 1957, aged 47 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales
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15 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX14951, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
11 Jun 1940: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX14951, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Cyril Prosper Barrell (Service No:NX14951) served in the Australian Army in May/June 1940 and was attached to 2/17th Infantry Battalion when he was Discharged.

Born in 1909 in Sydney NSW, Cyril was the eighth of ten children of George Henry Barrell (b1866 in Sydney, NSW) and Amy Louise Mayne (b1870 in Sydney, NSW). George (a Carpenter) and Amy married in 1888 in Sydney NSW where they settled and raised their family. George worked as a Carpenter until his death in 1925.

Cyril worked as a Motor Driver and Labourer in Sydney prior to his enlistment in May 1940. Following his Discharge, Cyril was a Pensioner and in 1954 in Sydney NSW, married Winifred Mary Hutton (b1911 in Goulburn, NSW) - Winifred was a Clerk in Sydney. Cyril and Winifred settled in Sydney NSW where Cyril died in 1957. Winifred died in 2002.

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