BARNETT, Albert Jack
| Service Number: | 80625 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | 5 Personnel Depot RAAF |
| Born: | Creswick, Victoria, Australia, 17 July 1910 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Timekeeper |
| Died: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 19 September 1963, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 25 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 80625 | |
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| 10 Apr 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 80625 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Flying Officer, 80625, 5 Personnel Depot RAAF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Albert was the fourth of seven children of Arthur (Art) David Barnett (born 1879 in Donnolly, Victoria) and Mary Lavers (born 1879 at Red Streak, Victoria). Art had gone to the WA Goldfields with four brothers in 1900 to prospect for gold. He returned to Donnolly in 1903 and married Mary at Creswick. Art and Mary travelled to the WA Goldfields, where they lived in tents at Kanowna via Kalgoorlie. Art worked as a Gold Miner and later a Carter.
Albert was born in Creswick during one of family visits to relatives, and attended Boulder Central School. He worked as a Clerk in Boulder, Kalgoorlie and in 1939 married Jessie Caroline Guthrie (born 1909 in Claremont, Fremantle, WA) in Perth, WA. Jessie was a Dressmaker.
In May 1942 Albert enlisted in the RAAF (Service No:80625) and was a Flying Officer attached to 5 Personnel Depot (Staff) when he was Discharged in April 1946. On 5 September 1945, in the Assessing Officer's Statement (National Archives Australia) Albert was described as 'A thoroughly reliable and capable officer who knows his job and does it well. Bright and cheerful in the mess and well liked and admired by all ranks'. Brothers Arthur James (Staff Sergeant; Service No:W70092) and William Alfred (Corporal; Service No:W72326), and three Brothers-in-Law also served in WWII.
Albert returned to Kalgoorlie, where he worked as a Timekeeper. Following Jessie's death in 1954, Albert moved to Fremantle where he was an Accountant. Albert died in 1963.
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