Barney David Lumsden
Born 25 May 1924 - Died 14 Nov 2007
- Service number
- 816552 AWMM
- Also known as
- David Barney Lumsden AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Barney David AWMM
- Surname
- Lumsden AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- David Barney Lumsden AWMM
- Service number
- 816552 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
- Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngā Iwi o Tainui, Tainui, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
- Ngāti Mai i ōtaki, Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngā Iwi o Tainui, Tainui, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
- Ngāti Raukawa, Ngā Iwi o Tainui, Tainui, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 25 May 1924 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM River Bank Road, Otaki, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs T. Lumsden (mother), Hurleyville, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- 816552 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW2 Unknown AWMM Stable hand/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history
- Medical notes
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Last known rank
- Last rank
- Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Listed as Barney David by BDM at death, and on his headstone AWMM
About death
- Death
- 14 Nov 2007 AWMM
Age 83 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Foxton Cemetery, Corner Hickford and Avenue Road, Foxton, New Zealand AWMM Returned Services Association Lawn Plot 3 AWMM
- Cemetery name
- Foxton Cemetery, Cnr Avenue & Hickford Roads, Foxton, Horowhenua, NZPublic - Susan - Researcher - 10 June 2025 - Find a Grave website
- Grave reference
- Block: RSA, Row: Lawn, Plot: 3Public - Susan - Researcher - 10 June 2025 - Horowhenua Council website - cemetery search
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Sources Used - 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
Further Reference - Horowhenua District Council. Foxton Cemetery record and headstone photograph.
http://www.horowhenua.govt.nz/Services/Cemeteries/Cemetery-Search-Results/?record=3823
Further Reference - Horowhenua District Council Cemetery Record and headstone image
http://www.horowhenua.govt.nz/Home/Cemetery-Search-Results/?record=3823
Further Reference - Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
Further Reference - D Company, 12th Reinforcements, 28th Māori Battalion. Names are listed from left to right in each row, as recorded on the 28 Māori Battalion website. Some identifications remain unconfirmed. Photograph: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, PA.000044, as credited on the 28 Māori Battalion website. The website also gives PA.000035, but Te Papa catalogues that negative as ‘Maori Battalion, [G] Company’, photographed by Richard John James Thomson on 12 November 1943. The correct photograph reference and company identification require confirmation.
Back row: Unidentified, unidentified, possibly Williams, Sonny Karena (unconfirmed), unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Ray Wahapa, Des Wahapa, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Mike Bartlett, Reg Sciascia (unconfirmed), Koro Cunningham, Joe Cunningham (Darkie), unidentified, Dawson Kawana, unidentified, Don Te Hiko, Ned Lawton, unidentified, Boy Kemp, unidentified, Buck Robinson, Tom Power, Baldy Hauraki. Third row: Hohepa Nikora (unconfirmed), Cambridge Pani, Buller Mataira (Mathew), Bunny Mataira, Blue Te Hau, Taka Panere, James Maraki, Robinson (Wairoa), possibly Whai Robinson, Wattie Walker, Stokey Mita, Rangi-1 (unconfirmed), Rangi-2 (unconfirmed), Hop Te Kahu, Jim Morrel, Heremia (unconfirmed), unidentified, Boogie Morehu, Bully Ropiha (unconfirmed), Charly Sciascia, Tom Bartlett, Michael Bartlett, Tom Searancke, Petera Kaukau, unidentified, Boy Kemp, Jim Kupa, Derek Rangi Rohe, Cheetah Thomas Edwards, unidentified, Eru (unconfirmed), unidentified, unidentified. Second row: Unidentified, Smith (unconfirmed), unidentified, unidentified, Peter Te Kanawa, Te Mari F (unconfirmed), Francis Te Maari, Harry Morgan (unconfirmed), Bill Waiwai (unconfirmed), unidentified, unidentified, Charlie Hancy, Mihaere Kare Kare, Mick Fowler, Bill Waiwai (unconfirmed; also identified elsewhere in the photograph), unidentified, Paul Bishop, Moeawa Rongo, Henry Nehemia (Waihua), Robert Rule, unidentified, Peter Panapa, Peter Piwari, Slim Tihema, William Edwards, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified. Front row: Unidentified, unidentified, Edward Haronga, Edgar Smith (unconfirmed), Ben Ormond, George Niania, Kingi Matthews, Joe (unconfirmed), Paul Ropiha, unidentified, Ben Jones, Barney Lumsden, Sam Kereopa, unidentified, Maku Turei, Francis MacDonald, Tom Waerea (Mahuika), Bill Mohi, Ted Pohio, George Bertrand, Black Kapene, Goodwillie, Ted Nepia, Whitu Mitchell, Sol O'Carrol, Dennis Joe, Charley Whakatopi (unconfirmed), Hohipuha, Charlie Tanguru, George Gemmell, Brown (unconfirmed), Manuka Anderson (unconfirmed), Rangi Whaanga, John Seymour.
https://28maoribattalion.org.nz/zoomify/d-company-12th-reinforcements
Further Reference
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
- References
- RSA review: the official journal of the N.Z. Returned Services' Association
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 14: WW2 58 - Otaki Mail
Andrews, M. (2007, April 26). [Barney Lumsden]. Otaki Mail, p.5. - Kokiri paetae : a celebration of Maori achievement. (1996-2006). Wellington, N.Z.: Ministry of Maori Development.
Portrait. Maori Battalion reunion. (2006). Kokiri Patae 68, p. 2 - Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Iwi, Hapū, Rohe and additional whakapapa information kindly provided from “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry).
- Ngāti Raukawa in World War 2 - 1939-1945 & further (credit to Reuben Waaka, Diane Taylor, Te Kenehi Teira). Part of “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry).
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