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Cenotaph record

Neville Edmond Barrington

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Neville Edmond AWMM
  • Surname
    Barrington AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Barrie Barrington AWMM
  • Service number
    17384 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 August 1920 AWMM Henderson, Waitakere City AWMM
    Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 20 November 1940 AWMM 8 Mitchelson Street, Ellerslie, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Builder/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M. Barrington (mother), 106 Hawke Street, New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 7 April 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 20 November 1940 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Jockey/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • In the exact words of Neville Barrington, he was 'Blown up at El Alamein'

    He was admitted to hospital in Constantine and Algeria. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.23 AWMM

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