The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Barnett
- First Name:
- Victor George
- Nick Name:
- Vic
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX8429
- Company:
- 'B' Company
- Enlisted:
- 18.10.1940
- Discharged:
- 29.11.1945
- DOB:
- 17.07.1912
- Place of Birth:
- Moora, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Alfred Henry Barnett
- Mothers's Name:
- Marion Naomie Barnett
- Religion:
- Church of England
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Window Dresser
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp Changi
- Force:
- 'A' Force Burma, Green Force, No. 3 Battalion.
- Camps Thailand:
- Tamarkan, Non Pladuk
- Camps Japan:
- Fukuoka sub-Camp No. 17 Omuta (coal mine and wharf labour)
- POW#:
- 6297, 1511
- Return Details 1945:
- Nagasaki-Okinawa-Manila, USS Cape Gloucester Okinawa-Manila, B24 Liberator aircraft Manila-Morotai-Darwin, PBY Catalina aircraft A24-306, Darwin-Perth by aircraft 10.10.1945
General Description
The above was included in Borehole Bulletin December 2000.
Vic Barnett died in 2000.
Camp Locations:
- Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
- Non Pladuk, 0k - Thailand
- Tamarkan, Tha Makham 56k - Thailand
- Omuta Miike, Fukuoka #17-B - Japan
