BARRATT, Robert Harmer
| Service Number: | VX43489 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 2 July 1940, Caulfield, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 10 March 1909 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Borneo, 10 December 1944, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
World War 2 Service
| 2 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX43489, Caulfield, Victoria | |
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| 2 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX43489 | |
| 3 Jul 1940: | Involvement Private, VX43489 | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 10 Dec 1944: | Involvement Gunner, VX43489, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jon Harmer
"...VX43489 Gunner Robert Harmer Barratt, 4th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo, having been transferred there from Singapore as a part of B Force. The 1494 POW's that made up B Force, were transported from Changi on 7 July 1942 on board the tramp ship Ubi Maru, arriving in Sandakan Harbour on 18 July 1942. Gunner Barratt, aged 35, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 10 December 1944. He was the son of Thomas and Frances Rebecca Amy Barratt, of Rosslyn Park, SA. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 1." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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