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, Australia, 12 December 1945 |
| Home Town: | Inala, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, South 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, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour |
Vietnam War Service
| 12 Feb 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), 1200097, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) | |
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| 12 Feb 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 1200097 | |
| 6 Jun 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), 1200097, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) | |
| 6 Jun 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 1200097 | |
| 14 Jan 1970: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 1200097, 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR) | |
| 14 Jan 1970: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 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.
Information from The Australian War Memorial
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