Vere Victor BARLOW

BARLOW, Vere Victor

Service Numbers: SX1038, S87929
Enlisted: 3 November 1939, Woodside, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Orroroo, South Australia, 9 November 1916
Home Town: Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia
Schooling: Solomontown Public School
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Port Pirie, South Australia, 10 September 1965, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Port Pirie General Cemetery, South Australia
War Grave Section; Row: C; Grave 9
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Biography

Son of Cyril James Barlow of Albert Terrace, Solomontown. Vere resided at 57 Downing Street, Hove.  He was fond of swimming and enlisted in March 1939 and left Australia for England.  He then went to the Middle East where he lost a leg from sniper fire.  He married in England and returned to Australia on 13 March 1941