William Batty

Forenames

William AWMM

Surname

Batty AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/2392 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

6 Oct 1895 Public Source

Date of birth

6 October 1895

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Place of birth

Auckland, New Zealand

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 34 Douglas Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Wilkinson Batty (father), 34 Douglas Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, 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 6/2392 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Occupation before enlistment

Brushmaker for Pacific Cable Board

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Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-01 Aug 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 25 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• 17 July 1916: Wounded in action at Armentières
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Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

William Batty was the son of Wilkinson and Theresa N. Batty, of 34, Douglas St., Ponsonby, Auckland. Also served at Gallipoli.

Next of Kin: Mr W. Batty, Douglas St, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

12 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

Family plot memorial, Waikaraka Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand

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Memorial reference

Area 3 Block 6 Lot No 67

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Memorial name

• Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium 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/R22273585
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847259/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847259
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 41
• 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.
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• 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.