Kenneth Charles BARRITT

BARRITT, Kenneth Charles

Service Numbers: S308665, SX6835
Enlisted: 19 January 1940, Kensington, SA
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Adelaide, SA, 9 June 1919
Home Town: Kensington Gardens, Burnside, South Australia
Schooling: Wykeham School Belair and St Peter's College Adelaide
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Died of wounds, Egypt, 17 July 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery: El Alamein War Cemetery
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Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll
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World War 2 Service

19 Jan 1940: Involvement S308665
19 Jan 1940: Enlisted Kensington, SA
19 Jan 1940: Enlisted S308665
29 Jun 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
29 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant, SX6835, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Mrs Sarah Wynne Yorke BARRITT of "Mallara" 29 West Terrace, Kensington Gardens, SA and the late Mr. C.E. BARRITT of Mallara Station, Wentworth, NSW.  Educated at Wykeham School, Belair and St Peter's College Adelaide where he was house prefect.  Interested in tennis, he also represented his school in Intercollegiate football and athletics.  In civilian life he was employed by Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd. Adelaide.  He enlisted in June 1940 as a private, and was chosen to go to an officers' training school at Duntroon, and passed out as a Lieutenant on December 6th 1940.  Went through the first Tobruk campaign and died of wounds in Egypt on July 17, 1942.

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