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Cenotaph record

Luke Barnes

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Lay a poppy
Portrait, from the archives at Christchurch Boys' High School (provided by B Spear 2008) - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, from the archives at Christchurch Boys' High School (provided by B Spear 2008) - This imag …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Luke AWMM
  • Surname
    Barnes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Pop AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ422356 AWMM
    • WWII 422356 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    31 December 1922 AWMM Sheffield, Yorkshire AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Europe (Air) AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ422356 AWMM
    • WWII 422356 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed on air operations - Shot down by groundfire AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John Taylor Barnes and Catherine Ann Barnes, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

    Attended Christchurch Boys' High School 1936 - 1937 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    19 April 1945 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Germany, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau, Niedersachsen, Germany AWMM 27. E. 13 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

Remember Luke Barnes by laying a poppy.

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  • You would have made your 100 years.
    Public - Allan - Other relative - 2 January 2023
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  • You are remembered tomorrow 11/11/22 along with our uncle.
    Public - Allan - Other relative - 11 November 2022
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  • I continue to remember your life as told to me
    Public - Allan - Other relative - 8 May 2021
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2107075
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      Martyn, E. (1998-2008). Vol 1, p. 343 AWMM
    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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02 January 2023Allan Mosborough,Sheffield, EnglandOther relative

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