Walker Barrett

Forenames

Walker AWMM

Surname

Barrett AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/1004 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tirohanga, Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs W. Barrett (mother), Tirohanga, Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/1004 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  For bravery in the field (London Gazette 29 August 1918, p 10142) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-01 Aug 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 25 AWMM Vessel was RMS Tahiti AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
New Zealand Mounted Machine Gun Squadron AWMM

Son of Walker and Maria Barrett, of Argyle Street, Claudelands, Hamilton.

Next of Kin: Mrs M. Barrett, Hamilton, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

31 Mar 1918 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Memorial name

• Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22272906
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1644338/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1644338
  Further Reference

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 37
• 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. 4: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.
• 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.