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John Foster Harbin Batey

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 43), Page: 22 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 43), Page: 22 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Foster Harbin AWMM
  • Surname
    Batey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    John Foster Herbin AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI C/1070 AWMM
    • WWI MB1914 AWMM
    • WWI Z/3279 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 May 1893 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Isabel Batey (wife), Clyde, Central Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1916 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 16 October 1916 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Motor Mechanic/Civilian AWMM
  • 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Although he was killed in action his actual discharge from military service was dated 12 May 1918.

    Attestation papers are held at Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton.

    Palmer recruit - Served with Attwood and Fox KIA on CMB buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetary, France with fellow shipmates. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 April 1918 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Ostend, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Dunkirk Town Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM IV.B.24 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      43: 22 AWMM
    • National Archives (UK), Kew AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • McEwan, J. (1995). Auckland Rockies : a history of Auckland's Naval Reserves from 1858-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Pyramid Press. AWMM

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