Henry Edward BARNETT

BARNETT, Henry Edward

    Service Number: WX7056
    Enlisted: 2 August 1940
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bothwell, Scotland., 8 January 1907
    Home Town: Darlington, Mundaring, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Prospector
    Died: Died of wounds, Italy, 8 August 1942, aged 35 years
    Cemetery: Caserta War Cemetery, Caserta, Campania, Italy
    Location: VIII, B, 3. Italy.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, WX7056
    2 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX7056, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
    11 Sep 1940: Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from No 1 Depot Bn at Northam to 2nd/28th Infantry Bn.
    3 Jan 1941: Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX7056, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, Embarked at Fremantle in Convoy No 8. Then Disembarked in the Middle East Theatre on 2nd February 1941.
    27 Jul 1942: Imprisoned Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, Posted M.I.A. Later Reported P.O.W.
    8 Aug 1942: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX7056, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, D.O.W. while P.O.W.

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    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    Australian Infantry-2/28th Inf. Bn.

    He was 35 and the son of Hamilton and Eliza Barnett, of Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland.

    There is a Henry B. Barnett honoured on the Largs War Nemorial; it is confidently believed that the middle initial is in error and it is Private Barnett that is intended

    He is one of 9 Australian war casualties buried in Caserta War Cemetery.

     

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