Barton Wicksteed

Forenames

Barton AWMM

Surname

Wicksteed AWMM

Service number

• WWII 46277 AWMM
• 33682 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

29 May 1910 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW2 Pembroke Road, Stratford AWMM

Post war occupation

Barton Wicksteed was a career soldier

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Next of kin

WW2 Mrs Eileen Wicksteed (wife), Grand Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
• Married to Eileen Hancock whom he met while at Sandhurst.
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War

• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
• Korean War, 1950-1953 AWMM

Campaign

Pacific Theatre of War AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWII 46277 AWMM
• 33682 AWMM

Military service

• Regular Force 1928-45 AWMM
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Korea Medal (EIIR) AWMM
• United Nations Medal for Korea AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
• New Zealand Operational Service Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Teacher/Civilian AWMM

Occupation before enlistment

He was selected in 1928 to attend the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in England. He left NZ in

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Embarkation details

• WW2 Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM 17 Field Regiment AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (In the Pacific) (2NZEF (IP)), 3rd Division AWMM
• Korea Royal New Zealand Artillery AWMM British Commonwealth Forces Korea (Kayforce) AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM
• Korea Major/Military AWMM 1st Commonwealth Division, Headquarters AWMM
  3rd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Korea Major/Military AWMM
Royal New Zealand Artillery Regiment AWMM

Death

4 Aug 1952 AWMM
Age  42 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

United Nations Cemetery, Pusan, Korea AWMM

Related objects

External links

New Zealand in the Korean War. NZHistory online.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/korean-war
Further Reference

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 9: WW2 425
• McGibbon, I.C. (1992-1996). New Zealand and the Korean War (Vols. 1-2). Auckland, N.Z.; Wellington, N.Z.: Oxford University Press in association with the Historical Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
  Vol. II: Combat Operations,1996, pp. 194, 276, 371, 393, 413.
• Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author.
  p. 432
• Information kindly provided by family
• HQ 3 (NZ) Div. NZEFIP. Official Dinner, New Caledonia, 9 August 1943. Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, EPH-W2-10-7.