John Charlton BARNETT
Born 21 March 1920 in Simonstown, South Africa [16]
Son of "Harry" Harold BARNETT and "Florence" Annie Florence ROWLES [98]
Departed London, England with his parents on the Jervis Bay and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 12 August 1926 [63]
Resided with his parents and siblings in Cunderdin until 1929 when they shifted to Three Springs [98]
He and his sister Peggy were admitted students of the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs on 12 August 1929 [98]
Baptised by Rev. Father Michael LYNCH at Saint Paul's Roman Catholic Church in Three Springs on 23 April 1930 [91]
Attended the 21st birthday of Gladys BASTIAN at her parents' home in Three Springs on Sunday 22 October 1933 [5: 27-Oct-1933]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball in Carnamah on 7 December 1935 as "Bon Rosa Cigars" [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 8-Nov-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club in 1936 [5: 10-Apr-1936]
Won a silver dish at the North Midlands District Hospital Appeal's Grand Ball held in Three Springs on 21 May 1936 [5: 29-May-1936]
Left Three Springs and shifted to Perth in mid August 1936 after securing employment with Westralian Farmers Ltd [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Resided in Corrigin prior to enlisting in the Royal Australian Navy on 20 January 1941 [16]
Writer F3371 on the Royal Australian Navy's H.M.A.S. Leeuwin during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Navy on 26 February 1946 [16]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'John Charlton Barnett' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/john-charlton-barnett [reference list] |
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