Maurice Hoare BARLOW

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BARLOW, Maurice Hoare

Service Number:	Q122686
Enlisted:	24 February 1942
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	Infantry Training Battalions
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, 1 October 1923
Home Town:	Windsor, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	Accidental (Drowning), Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1943, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Glen Innes War Cemetery Plot E, Row A, Grave 4, Glen Innes General Cemetery, Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lance Corporal, Q122686
24 Feb 1942:	Enlisted
24 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, Q122686, Infantry Training Battalions
1 Jan 1943:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, Q122686

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Maurice Hoare BARLOW was born on 1st October, 1923 in Brisbane, Queensland

His parents were James Leo BARLOW & Zita Margaret Mary BANFIELD

He enlisted with the Australian Army on 24th February, 1942 - he was with the Australian Citizens Military Forces, 4th Infantry Training Battalion (Lance Corporal)

Maurice accidentally drowned in the flooded Beardy River at Glen Innes, New South Wales and is buried in the Glen Innes Cemetery

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Roll of Honour in Brisbane

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