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Alan Barker

  • Service number
    22855 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Bull Public - Dennis - Other relative - 7 January 2020 - Family information
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Alan Barker

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    • Alan AWMM
    • Alan Eugene Public - Dennis - Other relative - 7 January 2020 - Personal family information
  • Surname
    Barker AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bull Public - Dennis - Other relative - 7 January 2020 - Family information
  • Service number
    22855 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Mamaku, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs E. Barker (mother), Mamaku, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
    • One of four sons [Alan, Norman. George, Ivan] of Mr E and Mrs E Barker of Mamaku who served overseas in the NZ Army during WWII. Public - Dennis - Other relative - 7 January 2020 - Family information
    • Alan & Norman served in different sections of NZ Army & each was unaware the other was on Greece. They met on the beach in Greece while awaiting evacuation by sea. Captured together spent rest of war Public - Dennis - Other relative - 7 January 2020 - Family
    • as PoWs. Alan wounded on Mt Olympus Public - Dennis - Other relative - 7 January 2020 - Family
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      Greece, Europe List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
    WW2 Escaped or evaded capture. Date Interrogated: 14.5.1945. W O Forms completed. AWMM
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    • WWII 4127 AWMM
    • Alan and Norman have consecutive PoW numbers 4127 & 4128 Public - Dennis - Other relative - 14 January 2020 - Pow Records

Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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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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  • Alan Died on the 31.3.1975 and is buried in the Mamaku Cemetery. Row 10A Plot 25 aged 69
    Public - Lyn - Researcher - 12 May 2019
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 13 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Nominal Roll of NZ Escapees and Evaders - 1 New Zealand Interrogation Section Book 1, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 (R25405144) AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
14 January 2020DennisWhangareiOther relative
12 May 2019Lyn Mamaku Rotorua Researcher

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