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Leonard Oliver Barrett

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leonard Oliver AWMM
  • Surname
    Barrett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 70503 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 October 1917 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM 11 Dnebeigh Street, Fielding, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs E.N. Barrett (mother), Denbeigh Street, Fielding, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 70503 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Leonard Barrett was the son of Patrick Leonard Barrett and of Elizabeth Annie Barrett (nee Robinson), of Feilding, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    6 April 1945 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Faenza War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IV. A. 21. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Moe mai rā ōku tīpuna! Nana Gloria missed you dearly and spoke of you often!
    Public - Louise Mary - Direct descendant - 7 March 2022
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  • My uncle, sadly never returned. We will remember them
    Public - Evelyn - Other relative - 25 April 2016
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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/2236948
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 12 AWMM
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
07 March 2022Louise MaryAucklandDirect descendant
07 March 2022Ian Banks Taumarunui New ZealandResearcher
25 April 2016EvelynSwansonOther relative

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