The story
Name: R B BARREY
Rank: Flying Officer
Official number: 407000
Service/attached: RAAF
Squadron: 9 Squadron, RAAF
Ship/station: H.M.A.S. Sydney (R.A.N.)
Date of death: 1941-11-19
Aircraft: Seagull V -
Place of death: At sea, Indian Ocean
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: SYDNEY MEMORIAL, New South Wales
Commemoration details: Panel 5
Family details: Son of Joseph and Violet Barrey; husband of Gladys Margaret Barrey, of Welland, South Australia
Rank: Flying Officer
Official number: 407000
Service/attached: RAAF
Squadron: 9 Squadron, RAAF
Ship/station: H.M.A.S. Sydney (R.A.N.)
Date of death: 1941-11-19
Aircraft: Seagull V -
Place of death: At sea, Indian Ocean
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: SYDNEY MEMORIAL, New South Wales
Commemoration details: Panel 5
Family details: Son of Joseph and Violet Barrey; husband of Gladys Margaret Barrey, of Welland, South Australia
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