BARHAM, Kenneth Henry
| Service Number: | NX66 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 October 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 23 February 1911 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Greece, 12 April 1941, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece |
| Memorials: | Albany Princess Royal Garrison Honours List, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parramatta High School WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Major, NX66 | |
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| 23 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, NX66, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Zidane McNamara
So we went down to the junction on the road and there was a Major Barham there. They were just streaking up the road in disorder. So Major Barham said to Copeland, “Go up the front and stop them. We’ve got to get organised or we’ve got no chance at all.”
All of a sudden a German came up on the side of a road. A German sergeant. He stood up. Where he came from, I don’t know. The only thing I can think of, there must have been a drain under the road and he crawled up that drain and when he got out the other side he stood up. When he stood up he was in the middle of the Australians. He called on Major Barham to surrender. With which, Major Barham and him fired at the same time and they both got killed. I don’t know whether it was Major Barham killed him, because everyone fired at him. So then we were left without the officers or anything.
From Malcolm Keshan's interview on December 4th, 2003.
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