Charles Roy Barrett

Forenames

Charles Roy AWMM

Surname

Barrett AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/309 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs E. Barrett (mother), 14 Humboldt Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/309 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Salesman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 05 Feb 1916-12 Mar 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 AWMM Rifleman AWMM 3rd Battalion, C Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion AWMM

Charles Barrett was the son of Edward and Elizabeth Barrett, of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Rank last held was listed as Temporary Sergeant AWMM

Death

12 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No 3, Vlamertinge, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM II. L. 20. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22272820
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/139752/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/139752
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• HMNZT 42. The blast : the magazine of the Third Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. (1917). London: John Long Ltd. ; [On board ship] : [H.M.N.Z.T. No. 42, Ulimaroa]
• HMNZT 42. The blast : the magazine of the Third Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. (1917). London: John Long Ltd. ; [On board ship] : [H.M.N.Z.T. No. 42, Ulimaroa]
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  24: 10
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.