Walter Batty

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Walter AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Batty AWMM

Nama Hōia

22909 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

1 Jan 1905 AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Hampton Court, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs C. Batty (wife), 25 Clifton Road, Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

• Greece AWMM
• 1941 AWMM Crete AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

22909 AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) AWMM
  On the morning of 1 December 1941 at Belhamed Libya, the 6 New Zealand Field Regiment were withdawing in the face of very heavy opposition in the shape of tanks and infantry. A troop had succeeded in extricating itself from the main position and were forming up to be led to a new position some distance away. Sergeant Batty was with his gun and tractor and had nearly reached the troop forming-up place when the troop was subjected to a hail of tank shells and small-arms fire. One tank was actually in the process of charging the troop. With firm determination Sergeant Batty ordered 'Halt, action rear,' brought his gun into action and with his first shot disposed of the charging tank. He then proceeded single handed to engage another eight tanks at longer range. By now the remainder of the troop had deployed for action and the tanks, not relishing the fate of their leader, made off. The prompt and determined action of Sergeant Batty in accepting battle single-handed undoubtedly saved the remainder of the troop who were at the time reforming and not able to accept a tank attack from this particular quarter. AWMM
• 1939-1945 Star AWMM
• Africa Star (8th Army clasp) AWMM
• Italy Star AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Insurance agent/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 29 Field Battery AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW2 Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Artillery, 6 Field Regiment AWMM

Embarkation Unit listed as 3rd Echelon, 2NZEF in biography in Distinguished Conduct Medal book.

Played for the All Blacks. AWMM

Matenga

10 May 1979 AWMM
Age  74 AWMM

Urupā

Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• 'Victory Parade Contingent: Three services sailing April 20' in the Gisborne Herald, 13 April, 1946.
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HAWST19460413.2.103
  Further Reference
• 'Parading for Victory: Air Force Contingent' at the website of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand.
  https://airforcemuseum.co.nz/blog/parading-for-victory-air-force-contingent/
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 Unknown page
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
• 'Victory Parade Contingent.' Gisborne Herald, vol. 73, no. 21996, 13 April 1946, p.4. Identified with assistance from the Kippenberger Research Centre, National Army Museum Te Mata Toa (2026).