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BARNWELL, Jack Weston
Service Number: | 432300 |
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Enlisted: | 5 December 1942 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty |
Born: | Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia, 31 October 1924 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Fort Street High School, Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Leading Aircraftman |
Died: | Accidental, Uranquinty, New South Wales, Australia, 1 August 1943, aged 18 years |
Cemetery: |
Wagga Wagga War Cemetery Plot A. Row A. Grave 3. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eastwood Methodist Church Honour Roll, Eastwood War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
5 Dec 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 432300, No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty | |
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5 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sydney, New South Wales | |
5 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 432300 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Jack Weston BARNWELL was born on 31st October 1924 in Eastwood, Sydney
His parents were Harrie Weston BARNWELL and Ada Bertha MEREDITH
He enlisted in Sydney on 5th December 1942 with the Australian Air Force and was a Leading Aircraftman with the 5 Service Flying Training School
He died in an accident during training at Uranquinty NSW in a Wirraway A20 -150 He was laid to rest with full Air Force Honours and buried in Wagga Wagga War Cemetery & commemorated on the Australian War Memorial and the Roll of Honour in Eastwood,