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BARBER, Herbert Charles
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX1451 |
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Enlisted: | 21 October 1939 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, 10 October 1917 |
Home Town: | Coffs Harbour, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Libya, 3 January 1941, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Sollum, Egypt Burial reference: - Plot 18. Row H. Grave 2. Personal Inscription: - "HE WILL NOT GROW OLD AS WE THAT REMEMBER HIM". |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX1451 | |
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21 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX1451, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion | |
21 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX1451, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales and assigned to 2nd/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion. |
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