BARRELL, Cyril Prosper
| Service Number: | NX14951 |
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| 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 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129537603/cyril-barrell |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 15 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX14951, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Jun 1940: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX14951, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography 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.