BARRETT, James Joseph
| Service Number: | 1200097 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR) |
| Born: | Mossman, Queensland, 12 December 1945 |
| Home Town: | Inala, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Killed In Action, South Vietnam, South Vietnam, Vietnam, 28 February 1970, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Gravatt Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Lawn cemetery, Mount Gravatt Lawn Cemetery, Mount Gravatt, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Pathway of Honour - 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Mossman War Memorial, Port Douglas Memorial |
Vietnam War Service
| 12 Feb 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), SN 1200097, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) | |
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| 12 Feb 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, SN 1200097 | |
| 6 Jun 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), SN 1200097, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) | |
| 6 Jun 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, SN 1200097 | |
| 14 Jan 1970: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, SN 1200097, 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR) | |
| 14 Jan 1970: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, SN 1200097 |
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Formerly a member of the regular army with C Company 2RAR, L Cpl Barrett left Australia in early 1966 as a reinforcement to 1RAR, then on operations in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. When 1RAR returned to Australia he completed the remainder of his 12 month tour of duty with C Company 6RAR. A popular soldier, he also took up the role of canteen manager. In January 1970 he returned to Vietnam with 8RAR. On 28 February 1970 during Operation Hammersley, L Cpl Barrett's platoon was involved in two mine incidents. An engineer party moving to neutralize a booby trap initiated an M16 mine, causing seven soldiers to be killed and thirteen wounded. While looking skyward to marshal a helicopter to evacuate the last casualties, L Cpl Barrett stepped just outside a cleared area, detonating a second mine. He was killed instantly, aged 24, and three others were wounded. One of the wounded later died.
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