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Leo Barnett

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leo AWMM
  • Surname
    Barnett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 57745 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 7 May 1918 AWMM Merthyr Road, New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Z Barnett, Sydney Street, New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 7 May 1918 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 57745 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 7 May 1918 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 19 AWMM
    Labourer/Civilian Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Brisbane, Queensland Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 11.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      161 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • War service: Egypt
    Embarked Wellington, 13 November 1917; disembarked Suez, 21 December 1917, and marched in to NZ Mounted Rifles Training Regiment, Moascar.
    Posted to Canterbury Mounted Rifles Squadron, 3 March 1918.
    Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Moascar, 17 March 1918 (scarlatina); discharged to duty, 14 April 1918.
    Admitted to 14th Australian General Hospital from Rest Camp, Port Said, 24 April 1918 (measles); transferred to Rest Camp, Port Said, 15 May 1918; rejoined unit, Moascar, 29 May 1918.
    Admitted to 47th Stationary Hospital, 25 September 1918 (malaria); discharged to Aotea Convalescent Home, 15 October 1918.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HS 'Wiltshire', 26 December 1918; discharged, 30 April 1919 (no longer physically fit for Active Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service).
    Total war service: 1 year 282 days (of which 1 year 82 days was abroad) AWMM
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Death

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  • Memorial name
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Sources

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    • AIF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
    • NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM

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