BARRETT, Theodore Patrick
Service Number: | NX42011 |
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Enlisted: | 5 August 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 4 June 1920 |
Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Salesman |
Died: | Killed in Action, Papua , 24 October 1942, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Burial reference: - Plot B7. Row C. Grave 20. Personal Inscription: - "HIS DUTY DONE". |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX42011 | |
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5 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX42011, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion |
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Parents: - William Edward Barrett and Emeline Mabel Jahns married 22nd March 1906 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.
Wife: - Pauline Margaret Stafford married 24th June 1939 in St. Peters, New South Wales, Australia.
Private Theodore Patrick Barrett was killed in action near Eora Creek village, which along with Templeton's Crossing was subsequently the site of a battle in late October 1942 as the Australian forces pursued the Japanese forces retiring back toward the north coast of Papua.