Barry ("Map Happy") WATERHOUSE

WATERHOUSE, Barry

Service Number: NX14133
Enlisted: 7 May 1940
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 4 July 1913
Home Town: Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, 11 November 1977, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

7 May 1940: Enlisted NX14133
7 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX14133, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
26 Sep 1942: Involvement Lieutenant, NX14133, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
14 Aug 1943: Involvement Lieutenant, NX14133, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
23 Jun 1945: Involvement Lieutenant, NX14133, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945
30 Oct 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX14133, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
30 Oct 1945: Discharged Lieutenant, NX14133, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Involvement Lieutenant, NX14133, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

2/17 Bn Campaigns - El Alamein, Huon Peninsula, Borneo.