Kenneth Augusta BARRY

BARRY, Kenneth Augusta

Service Number: SX7575
Enlisted: 2 July 1940, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 9 May 1920
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Goodwood and Mitcham Schools
Occupation: Station hand
Died: Died of wounds, Libya, 16 April 1941, aged 20 years
Cemetery: Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya
Coll. grave 3, K. 1-13.
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

2 Jul 1940: Enlisted Private, SX7575, Adelaide, South Australia
2 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX7575, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
3 Jul 1940: Involvement Private, SX7575
16 Apr 1941: Involvement Private, SX7575, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Stephen Eugene and Beatrice Barry, of Adelaide, South Australia.

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE REMEMBER

Private Kenneth A Barry, 19 1/2, son of Mrs. and Mrs. S. Barry, of Adelaide, has been killed in action abroad.  Pte. Barry joined the A.I.F. in Adelaide in April last year, and left Australia in November.  He was educated at the Goodwood and Mitcham Schools, and after leaving school was employed on stations in the north.  He left Mulyungarie Station to join the A.I.F.   His only brother is at present employed on a station in the north.

 

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