Service Details
Name:
 BARRETT
Given Name:
 JOHN LOUIS
Initials:
 J L
Service No:
 16033V
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class II
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Regiment:
 Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1945-07-11
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Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Douglas C-47 Dakota #6812, 28 (passengers: 24 crew: 4) crashed shortly after take off into Lake Victoria
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 29 November 1945 pg. 5837 - "For gallant and distinguished service in the field"
Additional
Information:
Son of George Edmund Barrett and Huldah Priscilla Barrett, of Cape Town, South Africa; husband of Iris Mabel Barrett, of Cape Town.
Commemoration
Country:
 Kenya
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Cemetery:
 KISUMU CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 278.

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