Edward John BARRY

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Service Number:	WX12436
Enlisted:	6 May 1941
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Independent Company / Commando Squadron
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, Australia., 2 September 1915
Home Town:	Mount Lawley, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fibrous Plasterer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 17 August 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot N. Row C. Grave 4. Personal Inscription ~ "BELOVED SON OF W. & A. BARRY OF MT. LAWLEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA"
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, WX12436
6 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, WX12436
22 Feb 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, 2nd/3rd Independent Company / Commando Squadron

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