Milton Howitt (Mitt) BARNETT

BARNETT, Milton Howitt

Service Number: 411240
Enlisted: 27 April 1941
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 27 February 1912
Home Town: Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales
Schooling: Kempsey High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Grocery store manager
Died: Flying Accident, Middle East, 27 January 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery, Algeria
Coll grave 3 K 8
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kempsey Streets of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 411240
27 Apr 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 411240

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sergeant Milton Howitt Barnett 411240 and Sergeant John Alexander Gilpin 408837 were killed in the loss of Wellington DF568 of Number 150 Squadron RAF near Blida, Algeria - buried in Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery, Algeria

Biography contributed by Graham Prior

Milton Barnett St, West Kempsey is named for him.

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