John Louis Barrett (abt. 1910 - 1945)

Died 11 Jul 1945 at about age 35 in Kisumu, Kenya

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Q Service Corps

This profile is for the South Africans that give their lives in World War II 1939-1945

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Union Defence Force 1912 - 1957, World War II South African Army, Q Service Corps.

John Louis Barrett was Killed in Action during World War II.

Biography

John Louis Barrett is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Birth

Name: John Louis Barrett ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Event Date: about 1910 ^[2]

Event Place: Gloucester England

Father's Name: George Edmund Barrett ^[4]

Mother’s Name: Huldah Priscilla Walker ^[4]

Baptism

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Military Info

Force number: 16033V ^{[2] [3]}

Rank: WO II ^{[2] [3]}

Surname: Barrett ^{[2] [3]}

Names: J. L. ^{[2] [3]}

Regiment: Q Service Corps, South African Forces ^{[2] [3]}

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Cemetery: Kenya, Kisumu cemetery, ^[2]

Date of death: 11 July 1945 ^{[2] [3]}

Certificate of Death on Service

Event Date: 11 July 1945^[5]

Death

Event Date: 11 July 1945 ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Age: 34 years and 5 months ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Event Place: Kenya^[1]

Cause of death: Was killed in an aircraft accident in Kenya ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Grave

Event Place: Commemorated at Kisumu war cemetery Grave 278 Kenya^[3]

Note

El Alamein is a town on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. It’s known for a decisive 1942 WWII battle, commemorated in El Alamein War Museum with uniforms and tanks. Desert plants surround El Alamein War Cemetery’s headstones. Just outside town, the German War Memorial is a fortress-like structure with a central obelisk, built over a mass grave. The Italian War Memorial is a tower inscribed inside with names of the dead. Added by Van Heerden-335 December 2020.

^{[6] [7]} [Barrett-11664] Died in a plane crash at Kisumu, Kenya

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch Death notice of John Louis Barrett, 11 July 1945: 11 October 2018, 007734616 > image 790 of 1714; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. Added by Britz-283 April,2023
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11} South African War Graves Project Grave of John Louis Barrett Seen and entered April,2023 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10} Commonwealth War Graves Grave of John Louis Barrett,11 July 1945 Added by Britz-283 April,2021
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Seen and entered June 29,2022 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
5. ↑ "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch Certificate of Death on Service of Death notice of John Louis Barrett, 11 July 1945: 24 January 2018, 007734616 > image 790 of 1714; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. Added by Britz-283 April,2023
6. ↑ Wikipedia [1] Added by Britz-283 April 2021.
7. ↑ Aviation Safety [2] Added by Britz-283 April 2021.

• Wikipedia First Battle, History

• Wikipedia Second Battle of El Alamein Added by Van Heerden-335 December 2020.