Victor Raymond Bernard

Forenames

Victor Raymond AWMM

Surname

Bernard AWMM

Service number

• WWI 1/306 AWMM
• WWI 21/42 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM Tainui Terrace, Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Tainui Terrace, Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Tainui Terrace, Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Manuel Joseph Bernard (father), 87 Tainui Terrace, Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• Manuel Joseph Bernard (father), 87 Tainui Street, Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• Manuel Joseph Bernard (father), 87 Freyberg Street, Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 15 Aug 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 01 Apr 1916 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 05 Jun 1918 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1918 AWMM Le Quesnoy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 1/306 AWMM
• WWI 21/42 AWMM

Enlistment

• WW1 Civil servant/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Unknown AWMM Civil servant/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Unknown AWMM Civil servant/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 HMNZT 1 or HMNZT 2 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki or Monowai AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM Samoan Advance Party AWMM
• WW1 01 Apr 1916 AWMM
  HMNZT 49 or HMNZT 50 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Sergeant AWMM Army Pay Department AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM
• WW1 05 Jun 1918-31 Jul 1918 AWMM
  HMNZT 105 AWMM Vessel was Remuera AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 38th Reinforcements, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  3rd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion AWMM

Victor Bernard was the son of Manuel Joseph and Ann Eliza Newcomin Bernard, of Jennings St., Te Kuiti, New Zealand.

SuppNom: Ex Samoan Advance and 11th Reinforcements.

Next of Kin: c/o Mr P. Hanson, Jennings St, Te kuiti (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

4 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine-au-Bois, Nord, France AWMM I. G. 9. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22275702
  Further Reference
• Office of the Auditor-General. (2014). From auditor to soldier: stories of the men who served. Wellington, N.Z: Office of the Auditor-General.
  http://www.oag.govt.nz/2014/ww1/docs/ww1.pdf
  Further Reference
• Victor Raymond Bernard. Office of the Auditor-General.
  http://www.oag.govt.nz/2014/ww1/bernard
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Pugsley, C. (2018). Le Quesnoy, 1918 : New Zealand's Last Battle. Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 51
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  28: 27
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  83: 6
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• NZEF CASUALTIES — LE QUESNOY As noted in the Appendix of Dr Christopher Pugsley’s book: Le Quesnoy 1918: New Zealand’s Last Battle. This list was compiled by Richard Stowers and Herb Farrant, and added to by Christopher Pugsley. Please forward any additional names and details to the author through Oratia Media. The list covers period 1–7 November 1918 and those who died after from wounds received in this period.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.