BARNETT, Stanley George Allen
| Service Numbers: | VX133285, VX133285 (V54014) |
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| Enlisted: | 25 March 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 15 June 1900 |
| Home Town: | Coburg, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electrical Fitter (Victorian Railways) |
| Died: | Coburg, Moreland - Victoria, Australia, 5 June 1966, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Mar 1943: | Enlisted VX133285 | |
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| 20 Dec 1944: | Discharged VX133285 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Captain, VX133285 (V54014) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Stanley was the youngest of four children of Hubert Ernest Henry Barnett (born 1859 in Smythesdale, Victoria) and Ethel Pauline Richards (born 1866 in Surrey in England). Hubert and Ethel married in 1898 in Mildura, Victoria where Hubert was a Horticulturalist.
Stanley was living in Ballarat, Victoria and working as a Commercial Traveller when he married Doris Victoria Edwards (born 1899 in Ballarat, Victoria). Stanley and Doris settled in Merlynston in Coburg, Victoria and Stanley commenced working for the Victorian Railways - he had completed a Diploma of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.
Stan was an Electrical Fitter with the Railways when he enlisted in Wesley, Victoria with the AMF in 1939. He served with Signals 4 Division as a Lieutenant (Service No: V54014), In 1942, he transferred to the Australian Army Signals Divional as Captain (Service No: VX133285).He was Discharged in December 1944.
Stan and Doris lived in Merlynston in Coburg, Victoria where he continued working for Victorian Railways until his death in 1966. Doris died in 1984 in Cheltenham, Victoria