BARRETT, Brian Percy
| Service Number: | SX18541 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 May 1942, Wayville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kingscote, SA, 5 March 1920 |
| Home Town: | Naracoorte, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 27 August 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 26 May 1942: | Involvement Private, SX18541 | |
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| 26 May 1942: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 26 May 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX18541, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
BARRETT.—Brian,aged 23 years, beloved third son of Mr. and Mrs. P. T.Barrett,of Hynam. Killed in action in New, Guinea on 27th August, 1943. "At Rest." 6938c The Narracoorte Herald (SA : 1875 - 1954)_Tuesday 14 September 1943p 2 Family Notices
Brian was the descendant of Black Betty Thomas (Nuennone people of Tasmania) and Nathaniel Wallace Thomas
Nathaniel was a sealer who arrived in 1822 and Black Betty was an Aboriginal captive taken from Tasmania in 1819
They were Brian’s Great great grandparents. He was the fourth generation of his family who was born on Kangaroo Island and until his branch left the Island they had a continuous line of living and working on the Island.
One branch of this family still reside on the Island through his great grandmother Mary Seymour nee Thomas and William (Joe) Seymour. This family descends from his great uncle Joseph Seymour a brother to his grandmother Emma Barrett (nee Seymour) . This year makes 200 and 203 years of this family residing on the Island.
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