condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Gilbert White Batley

-
Lay a poppy
Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 38), Page: 36 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 38), Page: 36 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gilbert White AWMM
  • Surname
    Batley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 20493 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    9 April 1890 AWMM Taihape, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 R.T. Batley (father), Moawhango, Taihape, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes

Last known rank

Contribute ›

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Gilbert was the brother of Norman Batley who was killed in action in France. Gilbert survived the war and returned to marry Madge Smith, Daughter of R W Smith the MP for Waimarino at the time. Their son Tony served with the Air Force in Guadalcanal in World War II. They farmed at Moawhango, near Taihape until Gilbert was about 80. AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    20 July 1983 AWMM
  • 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

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Gilbert White Batley by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Gilbert White Batley

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.