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BARR, Robert Shipley
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX7611 |
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Enlisted: | 10 August 1940, Claremont, WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia , 13 May 1918 |
Home Town: | Quairading, Quairading, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Presumed, Malaya, 9 February 1942, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Kranji War Cemetery Special Memorial ‘C‘, Plot 4, Row D, Grave 20 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Quairading Memorial Pool, Quairading Memorial Wall, Quairading War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX7611 | |
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10 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7611, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Claremont, WA |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James and Hannah Barr, of South Fremantle, Western Australia.