John Barrington Perrett
Memorial: Patchway
Regiment: Royal Artillery
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Gunner
Parents: Son of Henry John and Edith Mary Perrett
Marital status: Married
Home address: 2 Berry Lane, Horfield
Pre-war occupation: Motor Driver
Date of birth: 13/12/1911
Date of death: 02/07/1945
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Jakarta War Cemetery Indonesia and commemorated Patchway War Memorial
Age: 33
Further information:
78 Battery 35 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery.
John was living and working in Wandsworth, London from 1933 until 1939. He married Amy (Ethel) Barnes who was a shorthand typist, at the end of 1936. John joined up in 1940 and on 15th February 1942 he was fighting in Singapore when he was captured by the Japanese. He was transported to Palembang POW camp in Indonesia where he died 3 years later from malnutrition, just 2 months before the end of the war.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/