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Steward 1St Class WILLIAM JOHN BARRITT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Merchant Navy

M.V. Macdhui (Sydney)

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1942

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY

B1. A. 12.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William Edward and Alice Marie Vanden Barritt; husband of Olive Jessie Barritt, of Wilston, Queensland.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 3826
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