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Robert George Barratt

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert George AWMM
  • Surname
    Barratt AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Robert George Barrett AWMM
  • Service number
    37474 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
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Tunisia AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    37474 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.28 Window-fitter/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.28
    Dunedin, Otago 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.28
  • 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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of William Henry and Hannah Barratt, of Naseby, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 20 April 1943 AWMM
      Age 28 AWMM
      Tunisia, North Africa AWMM
    • 20 April 1943 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 28 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM VII. C. 21 AWMM
    • Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 96, Plot ? AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2103759
    Sources Used
  • References
    • O'Callaghan, Sydney Richard. One Sapper's War, 1915 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2006/65. AWMM
      Includes information on Russell Stewart p. 58 AWMM
    • O'Callaghan, S.R. (1994). One sapper's war. Christchurch, N.Z.: S. R. O'Callaghan. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.28 AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM

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05 June 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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