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BARTON, Joseph John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX44322 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stretford, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, 14 August 1922 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 19 November 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Grave A5. E. 27. INSCRIPTION DEARLY LOVED & SADLY MISSED BY LOVING FATHER, SISTERS & BROTHERS R.I.P. , Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX44322 | |
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| 4 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX44322, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 20 and the son of Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Barton, of Gorse Hill, Stretford, Lancashire, England.
He is remembered on the Stretford WWII Memorial in Lancashire.