Charles Valentine Barnard

Forenames

Charles Valentine AWMM

Surname

Barnard AWMM

Service number

WWI 24/647 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1894 Public Source

Date of birth

1894

Public - Paul - Researcher - 17 June 2016 - Military Personnel File

Place of birth

Colfax, California, USA

Public - Paul - Researcher - 17 June 2016 - Military Personnel File

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Aramoho, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Henry James Barnard (father), Eltham, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 24/647 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915-22 Nov 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 31 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM Battalion Signallers AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, B Company AWMM

Charles was the son of Henry James Barnard and Helena Marian Barnard, of 201, Derwent St., Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand.

He enlisted in 1915 and was one of six sons who served.

He is commemorated on the bell Suvla Bay given by his mother Helena Marian Barnard for the National War Memorial Carillon, Wellington. Brothers Charles Valentine Barnard and Henry Barnard are commemorated on the same bell. AWMM

Death

25 Nov 1917 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
• National War Memorial Carillon, 41 Buckle Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22272569
  Further Reference
• Ministry of Culture and Heritage. The National War Memorial, The Carillon, Hall of Memories, The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, National War Memorial Park, Wellington.
  http://www.mch.govt.nz/nz-identity-heritage/national-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1737223/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1737223
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 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 31 - Tahiti Magazine. [1915]. [Troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 31, Tahiti] [On board ship].