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Cenotaph record

David Alan Barns

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    David Alan AWMM
  • Surname
    Barns AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 88354 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 June 1898 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 5 August 1918 AWMM 268 Stanmore Road, Richmond, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Margaret Barns (mother), 268 Stanmore Road, Richmond, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown 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 88354 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 5 August 1918 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Clerk AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 8 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      124 pounds AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      fresh AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Arrived at Camp 11 September 1918 AWMM

Death

About 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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