BARRITT, Kenneth Charles
| Service Numbers: | S308665, SX6835 |
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| 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 XVI C 9 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Jan 1940: | Involvement S308665 | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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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