BARLOW, Eustace Douglas
| Service Number: | QX5580 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 21 May 1940, Toowoomba, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Qld., 2 August 1913 |
| Home Town: | Hannaford, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Riverview Sydney, Toowoomba Grammar School, Agricultural College Gatton |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 19 December 1942, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea A7 C 24 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Greenslopes 2nd/7th Cavalry Regiment Honour Roll, Toowoomba Grammar School WW2 Honour Board, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant, QX5580 | |
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| 21 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, QX5580, 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment , Toowoomba, Qld. | |
| 21 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX5580 | |
| 19 Dec 1942: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Arthur Eustace Barlow and Irene Margaret Barlow, of Toowoomba, Queensland
He was killed in action at Huggins’ and James’ Roadblocks in the Battle of the Sanananda Track on 19th December 1942.
HONOR ROLL.
Downsmen Killed
LIEUTENANT Alan McDougall, formerly of Cooaga, Wandoan, and Lieutenant Eustace D. Barlow, formerly of Bathampton, Hannaford, were two Downsmen amongst those recently killed in action in New Guinea.
Lieutenant Barlow was the second son of Captain and Mrs. Eustace Barlow, Toowoomba. He was educated at Riverview, Sydney, and later attended the Agricultural College, Gatton. Afterwards, with his elder brother, Graham, he took up land at Hannaford.
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