Frank Barltrop
Born 5 Oct 1894 - Died 17 Sept 1916
- Service number
- WWI 6/2062 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Frank AWMM
- Surname
- Barltrop AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 6/2062 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 5 Oct 1894 AWMM
- 5 Oct 1894 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 5 October 1894Public - Peter - Researcher - 5 September 2017 - Military personnel file
- Place of birth
- NelsonPublic - Peter - Researcher - 5 September 2017 - Military personnel file
- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM 36A Waimea Road, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- A.H. Barltrop (father), 36A Waimea Road, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 6/2062 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 13 Jun 1915-01 Aug 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 25 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM
- Last rank
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Biographical information
- Frank Barltrop was the son of Alfred Henry and Elizabeth Caroline Annie Barltrop, of 36A, Waimea Rd., Nelson. Also served in Egypt and Gallipoli.
His brother, Henry Barltrop (6/6063), was also killed in World War 1. AWMM - Brother of Private Henry (Harry) Barltrop : NZEF Service # 6/2063 of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 12th (Nelson) Company, 5th Reinforcements, NZEF - who was killed in action on 27 September 1916 - at the Somme (aged 29 years) - 10 days after his younger Private Frank Barltrop was killed in action - on 17 September 1916 - also at the Somme, France (aged 22 years)
Henry & Frank had enlisted together, on the same day - on 15 February 1915 - at Trentham Military Training Camp, Wellington. Henry & Frank would have consecutive regimental service numbers : Henry (6/2063) & Frank (6/2062).
Prior to enlistment for war service Henry Barltrop was a Bushman - at Canvastown, Havelock and his younger brother Frank was a Jeweller - at Nelson.
Henry & Frank served at Gallipoli together. During their service at Gallipoli both brothers were medically evacuated (sick) to hospital - Henry to England and Frank to Cairo, Egypt. After service at Gallipoli the brothers Barltrop - Henry & Frank - embarked from Port Said, Egypt, together on 6 April 1916 - aboard Transport Ship 'Franconia' for war service - at France & Belgium.
Both brothers served at the Somme Sector, Armentieres, France. They were both killed in action - within 10 days of each other - in September 1916 - at the Somme, Armentieres, France.
Private Frank Barltrop has no known grave at France - but he is commemorated on the Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France.
Brother Private Henry Barltrop is buried at the AIF (Australian Imperial Forces) Burial Ground, Flers, Somme, France (Grave ref: 111.A.4).Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 15 January 2017 - Military Files of henry & Frank Barltrop AWMM
- Frank Barltrop was the son of Alfred Henry and Elizabeth Caroline Annie Barltrop, of 36A, Waimea Rd., Nelson. Also served in Egypt and Gallipoli.
About death
- Death
- 17 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
- Nelson war memorialPublic - Peter - Researcher - 5 September 2017 - audit of regional war memorials combined with local research
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM
Related objects
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22272557
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1462865/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1462865
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Page No: 35 - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 3: Includes portrait - The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
- HMNZT 25. The Tahitian tatler : the unofficial organ of that portion of the Fifth Reinforcements on board H.M.N.Z.T. no. 25, Tahiti. (1915). Bombay, India: Printed by the Times Press for the Units of the Fifth New Zealand Reinforcements.
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