Peter Barron

Forenames

Peter AWMM

Surname

Barron AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/1658 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

19 Jun 1887 Kiwi Jocks Research
Mains of Pitling, Cairney, Aberdeenshire AWMM

Next of kin

P. Barron (father), Pukeatua Post-office, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/1658 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Horseman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 01 Apr 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 49 or HMNZT 50 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Rifleman AWMM 2nd Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, A Company AWMM

Peter Barron was the son of Peter and Margaret Barron, of Toko St., Rotorua, Hamilton. Native of Keith, Scotland.

Next of Kin: Mr P. Barron, Rotorua (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

12 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
• Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1) AWMM
• Pukeatua War Memorial Church and obelisk, Pukeatua, Waikato, New Zealand 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/R22272970
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Pukeatua War Memorial Church and obelisk.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/pukeatua-war-memorial-church
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847253/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847253
  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. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  27: 8
• 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. 1: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.