The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Annetts
- First Name:
- Albert Brian Walter
- Nick Name:
- Brian
- Rank:
- Lance Corporal
- Regimental #:
- WX13515
- Company:
- ‘E’ Company, Special Reserve Battalion, No. 1 Platoon
- Enlisted:
- 24.05.1941
- DOB:
- 1.09.1918
- Place of Birth:
- Subiaco, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Walter William Annetts
- Mothers's Name:
- May Annetts (nee Delahunty)
- Religion:
- Church of England
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Farmer
- Memorial:
- Kranji War Cemetery, Special Memorial 'C', Plot 4, Row C, Grave 18, Age 23.
- Cause of Death:
- Killed in Action
- Place of Death:
- South‐West Bukit Timah
- Date of Death:
- 11.02.1942
- Buried:
- In common grave at map reference 755150 on 21.12.1942
General Description
Annetts enlisted 24 May 1941. He later joined ‘E’ Company, (No. 1 Platoon) which was made up of mostly reinforcements.
‘E’ Company SRB ran into a Japanese Ambush at South West Bukit Timah on 11 February 1942. Only about 88 of the 200 survived.
Please read about ‘E’ company.
And read about the men of E Coy SRB
The above history of the Annetts family is from the Dalwalinu Pioneer Wall.
Brian was the eldest of two sons and with seven older sisters born to Walter and May Annetts of Dalwalinu.
Brian’s mother May Annetts died 3 December 1935 aged 57 years. She is buried at the Dalwallinu Cemetery as is
Albert’s father Walter who died in May 1960 aged 86 years.
Brian was 17 years old when his mother May died 1935.
It appears the Annetts family were unable to be notified of Brian’s death until January 1946.