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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Rifleman Charles Valentine Barnard |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Rifleman |
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| Forename(s): |
Charles Valentine |
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| Surname: |
Barnard |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
24/647 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Lance Corporal |
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| Next of Kin: |
H.J. Barnard (father), Eltham, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Aramoho, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Wellington |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Battalion Signallers |
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| Embarkation Date: |
9 October 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
35 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
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| Place of Death: |
Ypres, Belgium |
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| Date of Death: |
25 November 1917 |
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| Age at Death: |
21 |
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| Year of Death: |
1917 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Charles was the son of Helena Marian Barnard, of 201, Derwent St., Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand, and the late Henry James Barnard. He enlisted in 1915 and was one of six sons who served.
- He is commemorated on one of the bells (donated by his mother Helena M. Barnard) of the Wellington War Memorial Carillon. The pamphlet published on the occasion of the dedication of the bells includes the following: 'The main ideas governing the gift and installation of the Wellington War Memorial carillon are that it shall be regarded essentially as a memorial to the New Zealanders who gave their lives in the Great War that it shall commemorate their deeds by the giving of special recitals on the anniversaries of the principal engagements in which they fell, and, the carillon being the greatest instrument in existence for the cultivation of the folksong and national and religious airs, it shall help to rekindle among New Zealanders the love of old England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales and of their own land, and the ideals for which so many New Zealanders died - the triumph of right over wrong, and the establishment of peace and goodwill amongst men.' National War Memorial and Carillon, Wellington, New Zealand : dedicated Anzac Day, 25th April 1932, to the glory of God and to the memory of the New Zealanders that died in the Great War, 1914 to 1918, Wellington : Printed by Blundell Bros., [1933], p.6.
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| Further References: |
Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option. |
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| Sources Used: |
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
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