William John BARRON

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Service Numbers:	QX16825, QX11313
Enlisted:	10 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 26 September 1914
Home Town:	Charleville, Murweh, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer / Drover
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 7 December 1942, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 5. Row C. Grave 20. Inscription: "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Winton Waltzing Matilda Centre Roll of Honour, Winton Waltzing Matilda Centre Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, QX16825
10 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX16825, 49th Infantry Battalion, Toowoomba, Qld.
10 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX11313
14 Aug 1940:	Discharged
24 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX16825, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF
7 Dec 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action, Papua.

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Son of Andrew Joseph and Florence May BARRON nee CUNNINGHAM, of Toowoomba, Queensland.

HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE

Mrs F. M. Barron has been notified that her only son, Private W. J. Barron, AIF, 28, formerly of Toowoomba, has been killed in action in New Guinea.

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